Events in History
- 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era
- 364 Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor
- 1266 Battle of Benevento fought in Southern Italy between Manfred of Sicily and army of Charles of Anjou
- 1401 English Catholic priest William Sawtrey convicted of heresy and later becomes 1st Lollard martyr to be publicly burnt at the stake
- 1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht
- 1548 Ottoman fleet under Piri Reis retakes the port of Aden (modern Yemen) from the Portuguese
- 1590 Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda
- 1597 Cornelis de Houtman's Dutch fleet departs Bali and sets sail for the Netherlands
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Victor Hugo
Levi Strauss
Alexander III
Herbert Henry Dow
Ariel Sharon
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanWeddings in History
- 1924 American astronomer Edwin Hubble (34) weds Grace Burke (34) in Pasadena, California, until his death in 1953
- 1934 Hungarian-American theoretical physicist Edward Teller (25) weds Hungarian-American computer scientist Augusta Maria "Mici" Schütz-Harkányi (24) in Hungary, until her death in 2000
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Roger II
Robert R. Livingston
Richard Jordan Gatling
Jimmie Lee JacksonFebruary in History
United States One Dollar Bill
Image of the first US one dollar bill (United States Note) issued in 1862
February 25, 1862
My ‘Pretty’ Paintings, by Renoir
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on this day. An Impressionist, he created thousands of paintings, refusing to allow crippling arthritis to stop his work.
February 25, 1841
Highway of Death
The so-called Highway of Death in Iraq after coalition planes repeatedly bombed it during Operation Desert Storm
February 26, 1991
Fire Sparks Hitler’s Rise To Absolute Power
The Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, went up in flames on this day giving Adolf Hitler propaganda in his quest for dictatorship.
February 27, 1933