Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 20, 1813 | Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. |
| February 2, 1438 | Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda. |
| February 8, 1238 | The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. |
| February 1, 1942 | World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls |
| February 5, 2021 | Police riot in Mexico City as they try to break up a demonstration by cyclists who were protesting after a bus ran over a bicyclist.[17] Eleven police officers are arrested. |
| February 23, 1945 | World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies." |
| February 14, 1530 | Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico. |
| February 1, 1968 | Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams. |
| February 28, 1980 | Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum. |
| February 25, 1986 | People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president. |
| February 1, 1897 | Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul. |
| February 4, 1797 | The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties. |
| February 20, 1339 | The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. |
| February 9, 1976 | Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. |
| February 22, 1819 | By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. |
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