Events in History
- 197 Battle of Lugdunum [Battle of Lyon]: Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon
- 356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
- 607 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in churches
- 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
- 1516 Consecration of the Lady Chapel, part of Westminster Abbey, by Henry VII, called "one of the most perfect buildings ever erected in England" [1]
- 1539 Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled
- 1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp, Netherlands
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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- 1712 Russian Tsar Peter the Great officially marries Polish-Lithuanian pre-marriedeasant Martha Skavronskaya at Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, having earlier married in secret in 1707
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Tamerlane
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Harper LeeFebruary in History
Buried at Sea: The Casket That Carried JFK
John F. Kennedy's aides struggling to load the casket containing the slain President aboard Air Force One is an enduring image. But what happened to the casket?
February 18, 1966
Revolution in Ukraine
Clashes in Kiev, Ukraine during the 2014 revolution
February 18, 2014
Theory That Put The World To Rights
Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born on this day. The Church dismissed as heresy his theory that Earth revolved around the sun and not the other way round.
February 19, 1473
Battle of Eniwetok
US landing craft pass supporting warships on their way to Eniwetok Atoll
February 19, 1944