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Acontecimientos (41)

  1. 1245Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
  2. 1440The Prussian Confederation is formed.
  3. 1613Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
  4. 1797A force of 1,400 French soldiers invade Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
  5. 1804The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
  6. 1808Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
  7. 1828Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
  8. 1842John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
  9. 1848Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
  10. 1861Mariehamn, the capital city of Åland, is founded.
  11. 1862American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
  12. 1874The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
  13. 1878The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
  14. 1885The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
  15. 1896An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fights an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically takes place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
  16. 1913Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  17. 1916World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  18. 1918The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  19. 1919German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  20. 1921Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  21. 1921Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  22. 1925The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
  23. 1929In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
  24. 1937The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
  25. 1945World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier and damage the .
  26. 1945World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
  27. 1947In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  28. 1948NASCAR is incorporated.
  29. 1952The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
  30. 1952The Bengali language movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  31. 1958The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  32. 1971The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
  33. 1972United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations.
  34. 1972The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
  35. 1973Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
  36. 1974The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
  37. 1975Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
  38. 1994Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
  39. 1995Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
  40. 2013At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
  41. 2022In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

Nacimientos (176)

  1. 921Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (died 1005)
  2. 1397Isabella of Portugal (died 1471)
  3. 1462Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (died 1530) las demás fuentes: 28 feb 1462
  4. 1484Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1535)
  5. 1498Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (died 1549)
  6. 1541Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1599)
  7. 1556Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (died 1615)
  8. 1609Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (died 1680)
  9. 1621Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (died 1692)
  10. 1705Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (died 1781)
  11. 1728Peter III of Russia (died 1762)
  12. 1783Catharina of Württemberg (died 1835)
  13. 1788Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (died 1873)
  14. 1791Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1857)
  15. 1794Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (died 1876)
  16. 1801John Henry Newman, English cardinal (died 1890)
  17. 1817José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1893)
  18. 1821Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (died 1871)
  19. 1836Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (died 1891)
  20. 1844Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (died 1937)
  21. 1860Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952)
  22. 1865John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (died 1967)
  23. 1867Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (died 1934)
  24. 1875Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (died 1997)
  25. 1878Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (died 1973)
  26. 1881Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (died 1945)
  27. 1885Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (died 1957)
  28. 1887Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (died 1945)
  29. 1888Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (died 1965)
  30. 1892Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1949)
  31. 1893Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (died 1979) las demás fuentes: 21 feb 1897
  32. 1893Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (died 1987)
  33. 1894Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (died 1955)
  34. 1895Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
  35. 1896Nirala, Indian poet and author (died 1961) fecha discutida
  36. 1900Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (died 1988)
  37. 1902Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (died 1963)
  38. 1903Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (died 1977)
  39. 1903Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (died 1976)
  40. 1907W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973)
  41. 1909Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2015)
  42. 1910Douglas Bader, English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) juliano y gregoriano
  43. 1912Arline Judge, American actress and singer (died 1974)
  44. 1914Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (died 1999)
  45. 1914Zachary Scott, American actor (died 1965)
  46. 1914Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (died 1944)
  47. 1915Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (died 1964)
  48. 1915Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (died 1967)
  49. 1915Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 2017)
  50. 1917Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (died 1996)
  51. 1917Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (died 1965)
  52. 1921Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator (died 2011)
  53. 1921John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (died 2002)
  54. 1921Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (died 2009)
  55. 1924Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (died 1980)
  56. 1924Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (died 2014)
  57. 1924Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (died 2019)
  58. 1925Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (died 1984)
  59. 1925Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2014)
  60. 1927Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (died 1996)
  61. 1929Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
  62. 1933Bob Rafelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)
  63. 1933Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2003)
  64. 1934Rue McClanahan, American actress (died 2010)
  65. 1935Richard A. Lupoff, American author (died 2020)
  66. 1935Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died 1994)
  67. 1936Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (died 1996)
  68. 1937Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (died 2015)
  69. 1937Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (died 2026)
  70. 1937Gary Lockwood, American actor
  71. 1938Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (died 2010)
  72. 1938Anja Hatakka, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (died 2026)
  73. 1940Peter Gethin, English racing driver (died 2011)
  74. 1940John Lewis, American activist and politician (died 2020)
  75. 1942Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (died 2013)
  76. 1942Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter
  77. 1943David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
  78. 1945Maurice Bembridge, English golfer (died 2024)
  79. 1946Tyne Daly, American actress and singer
  80. 1946Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer
  81. 1946Alan Rickman, English actor and director (died 2016)
  82. 1946Bob Ryan, American journalist and author
  83. 1947Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  84. 1947Olympia Snowe, American politician
  85. 1949Frank Brunner, American illustrator
  86. 1949Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  87. 1949Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (died 2022)
  88. 1950Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, 5th President of Ethiopia
  89. 1951Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (died 2006)
  90. 1952Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
  91. 1952Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (died 2017)
  92. 1953Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer
  93. 1953William Petersen, American actor and producer
  94. 1954Christina Rees, British politician
  95. 1955Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer
  96. 1958Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  97. 1958Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  98. 1958Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor
  99. 1958Jack Coleman, American actor
  100. 1958Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  101. 1959José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
  102. 1960Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  103. 1961Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman
  104. 1961Elliot Hirshman, American psychologist and academic
  105. 1962Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist
  106. 1962David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2008)
  107. 1963William Baldwin, American actor
  108. 1963Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)
  109. 1963Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer
  110. 1964Mark Kelly, American astronaut and politician
  111. 1964Scott Kelly, American astronaut
  112. 1965Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist fecha discutida
  113. 1967Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach
  114. 1967Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician
  115. 1969James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
  116. 1969Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer
  117. 1969Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier
  118. 1969Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager
  119. 1969Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  120. 1970Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
  121. 1971Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer
  122. 1973Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  123. 1973Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach
  124. 1974Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
  125. 1975Scott Miller, Australian swimmer
  126. 1976Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter
  127. 1976Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player
  128. 1977Steve Francis, American basketball player
  129. 1977Rhiannon Giddens, American musician
  130. 1978Erick Barkley, American basketball player
  131. 1979Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer
  132. 1979Carlito, Puerto Rican wrestler
  133. 1979Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer
  134. 1979Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer
  135. 1979Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter
  136. 1980Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
  137. 1980Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
  138. 1980Brendan Sexton III, American actor
  139. 1980Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan
  140. 1981Tsuyoshi Wada, Japanese baseball player
  141. 1982Andre Barrett, American basketball player
  142. 1982Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter
  143. 1982Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer
  144. 1983Braylon Edwards, American football player
  145. 1983Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
  146. 1983Mélanie Laurent, French actress
  147. 1984Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player
  148. 1984David Odonkor, German footballer
  149. 1984Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer
  150. 1984James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player
  151. 1985Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
  152. 1986Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
  153. 1987Eniola Aluko, English footballer
  154. 1987Ashley Greene, American actress
  155. 1987Elliot Page, Canadian actor
  156. 1988Donté Greene, American basketball player
  157. 1989Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
  158. 1989Ian Cole, American ice hockey player
  159. 1989Federico Fernández, Argentine footballer
  160. 1989Jake Muzzin, Canadian ice hockey player
  161. 1990Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
  162. 1991Joe Alwyn, English actor
  163. 1991Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer
  164. 1991Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
  165. 1991Solar, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress
  166. 1991Devon Travis, American baseball player
  167. 1992Phil Jones, English footballer
  168. 1993Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer las demás fuentes: 10 feb 1993
  169. 1993Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer
  170. 1994Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player
  171. 1994Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter
  172. 1994Wendy, South Korean singer
  173. 1996Noah Rubin, American tennis player
  174. 1996Sophie Turner, English actress
  175. 1999Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer
  176. 2007Leeseo, South Korean singer

Fallecimientos (80)

  1. 675Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval
  2. 1184Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1154)
  3. 1211Aymon de Briançon, archbishop of Tarentaise and crusader
  4. 1267Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
  5. 1437James I of Scotland (born 1394; assassinated)
  6. 1471Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (born 1396) las demás fuentes: 22 feb 1471
  7. 1513Pope Julius II (born 1443)
  8. 1543Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somali general (born 1507) juliano y gregoriano
  9. 1554Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (born 1498)
  10. 1572Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (born 1501)
  11. 1590Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (born 1528)
  12. 1595Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (born 1561)
  13. 1677Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1632)
  14. 1715Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (born 1637)
  15. 1730Pope Benedict XIII (born 1649)
  16. 1821Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (born 1756)
  17. 1824Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (born 1781)
  18. 1829Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (born 1778)
  19. 1846Emperor Ninkō of Japan (born 1800)
  20. 1862Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (born 1786)
  21. 1888William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1804)
  22. 1891James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (born 1846)
  23. 1918Incas, last known Carolina parakeet (hatched )
  24. 1919Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1867)
  25. 1926Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
  26. 1934Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895)
  27. 1938George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (born 1868)
  28. 1941Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
  29. 1944Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French racing driver (born 1873)
  30. 1945Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (born 1902)
  31. 1946José Streel, Belgian journalist (born 1911)
  32. 1947Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (born 1881)
  33. 1958Duncan Edwards, English footballer (born 1936)
  34. 1965Malcolm X, American minister and activist (born 1925)
  35. 1967Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)
  36. 1968Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
  37. 1972Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)
  38. 1972Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (born 1891)
  39. 1972Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (born 1884)
  40. 1974Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (born 1930)
  41. 1980Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (born 1914)
  42. 1982Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1897)
  43. 1984Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
  44. 1985Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (born 1909)
  45. 1986Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (born 1895)
  46. 1991Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (born 1915)
  47. 1991Nutan, Indian actress (born 1936)
  48. 1993Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (born 1888)
  49. 1994Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (born 1913)
  50. 1995Robert Bolt, English dramatist (born 1924) las demás fuentes: 20 feb 1995
  51. 1996Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913)
  52. 1999Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
  53. 1999Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (born 1914)
  54. 1999Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (born 1930)
  55. 2002John Thaw, English actor and producer (born 1942)
  56. 2004John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1931)
  57. 2005Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (born 1929)
  58. 2005Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1929)
  59. 2008Ben Chapman, American actor (born 1928)
  60. 2011Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (born 1962)
  61. 2011Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (born 1926)
  62. 2012H. M. Darmstandler, American general (born 1922)
  63. 2013Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (born 1925)
  64. 2014Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1935)
  65. 2014Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (born 1985)
  66. 2014Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (born 1939)
  67. 2015Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931)
  68. 2015Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943)
  69. 2015Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920)
  70. 2016Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (born 1919)
  71. 2017Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926)
  72. 2018Billy Graham, American evangelist (born 1918)
  73. 2019Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924)
  74. 2019Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942)
  75. 2021Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (born 1928)
  76. 2021Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (born 1958)
  77. 2024John Bahnsen, United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (born 1934)
  78. 2025Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (born 1932)
  79. 2025Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (born 1946)
  80. 2026Rondale Moore, American football player (born 2000)

Celebraciones (7)

  1. Armed Forces Day (South Africa)
  2. Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)
  3. Father Lini Day (Vanuatu)
  4. Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)
  5. International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
  6. The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)
  7. The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)

Santoral (5)

  1. Felix of Hadrumetum
  2. Pepin of Landen
  3. Peter Damian
  4. Randoald of Grandval
  5. February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)