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Acontecimientos (63)

  1. 484King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
  2. 1303The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
  3. 1386King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
  4. 1525A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
  5. 1527Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.
  6. 1538Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
  7. 1582With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
  8. 1597The last battle of the Cudgel War takes place on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.
  9. 1607L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
  10. 1711Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.
  11. 1739Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
  12. 1803In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
  13. 1809London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.
  14. 1809Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique.
  15. 1812Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
  16. 1813Sinking of HMS Peacock by USS Hornet on the Demerara River, Guyana.
  17. 1821Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
  18. 1822The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
  19. 1826The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
  20. 1831The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
  21. 1848King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
  22. 1854A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
  23. 1863Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
  24. 1868Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
  25. 1875The hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
  26. 1876The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
  27. 1881China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
  28. 1895Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
  29. 1916The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
  30. 1917World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  31. 1918Estonian Declaration of Independence.
  32. 1920Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
  33. 1920The Nazi Party (NSDAP) is founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.
  34. 1942Seven hundred ninety-one Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy.
  35. 1942Voice of America makes its first broadcast.
  36. 1942The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm leads to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasts into the early hours of February 25.
  37. 1943World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.
  38. 1945Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
  39. 1946Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
  40. 1949The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  41. 1966Ghanaian coup d'état by National Liberation Council overthrows Kwame Nkrumah's Government
  42. 1967Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee.
  43. 1968Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngô Quang Trưởng recapture the citadel of Hué.
  44. 1971The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P. K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
  45. 1976The 1976 constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
  46. 1978The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
  47. 1981The 6.7 Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people are killed, 400 are injured, and damage totals $812 million.
  48. 1983A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  49. 1984A child and an adult man are killed and 12 others are injured in the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles.
  50. 1989United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
  51. 1991Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
  52. 1996Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
  53. 1999China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
  54. 2000Pope John Paul II arrives in Egypt for a three-day stay as part of the Great Jubilee, marking the first papal visit in modern Egyptian history
  55. 2004The 6.3 Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
  56. 2006Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in an attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
  57. 2007Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
  58. 2008Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He would remain as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  59. 2011Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its final mission, STS-133.
  60. 2015A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
  61. 2016Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashes, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
  62. 2020Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace the Pakatan Harapan government, which triggered the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis.
  63. 2022Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Nacimientos (224)

  1. 1103Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)
  2. 1304Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
  3. 1360Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
  4. 1413Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465) las demás fuentes: 21 feb 1413
  5. 1463Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
  6. 1494Johan Friis, Danish statesman (died 1570)
  7. 1500Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
  8. 1536Pope Clement VIII (died 1605)
  9. 1545John of Austria (died 1578)
  10. 1553Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (died 1615)
  11. 1557Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)
  12. 1593Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (died 1625)
  13. 1595Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (died 1640)
  14. 1604Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (died 1652)
  15. 1619Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (died 1690)
  16. 1622Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died 1665)
  17. 1709Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)
  18. 1721John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (died 1796)
  19. 1723John Burgoyne, English general and politician (died 1792) las demás fuentes: 24 feb 1722
  20. 1736Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806)
  21. 1743Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (died 1820) juliano y gregoriano
  22. 1762Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (died 1830)
  23. 1767Rama II of Siam (died 1824) fecha discutida
  24. 1774Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
  25. 1786Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (died 1869)
  26. 1786Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (died 1859)
  27. 1788Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (died 1857)
  28. 1797Samuel Lover, Irish composer, writer and painter (died 1868)
  29. 1827Lydia Becker, English-French activist (died 1890)
  30. 1829Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist, literary theorist and translator
  31. 1830Karolina Světlá, Czech female author
  32. 1831Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)
  33. 1835Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1899)
  34. 1836Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (died 1910)
  35. 1837Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (died 1885) las demás fuentes: 23 feb 1837
  36. 1842Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (died 1918)
  37. 1848Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
  38. 1852George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)
  39. 1857Emma Ann Browne, British-born Australian philanthropist (died 1941)
  40. 1868Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (died 1949)
  41. 1869Zara DuPont, American suffragist (died 1946)
  42. 1874Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1955)
  43. 1877Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
  44. 1877Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (died 1936)
  45. 1881Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco (died 1943) las demás fuentes: 24 feb 1878
  46. 1885Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (died 1966)
  47. 1885Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (died 1939)
  48. 1890Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)
  49. 1895Şehzade Osman Fuad, Ottoman prince (died 1973) fecha discutida
  50. 1896Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (died 1991)
  51. 1898Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (died 1983)
  52. 1900Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)
  53. 1903Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (died 1967)
  54. 1908Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (died 1998)
  55. 1909August Derleth, American anthologist and author (died 1971)
  56. 1914Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (died 2005)
  57. 1914Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (died 1955)
  58. 1915Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (died 1986)
  59. 1919John Carl Warnecke, American architect (died 2010)
  60. 1921Abe Vigoda, American actor (died 2016)
  61. 1922Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (died 2011)
  62. 1922Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
  63. 1924Hal Herring, American football player and coach (died 2014)
  64. 1924Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2008)
  65. 1924F. G. Bailey, British-American anthropologist (died 2020)
  66. 1925Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
  67. 1926Dave Sands, Australian boxer (died 1952) las demás fuentes: 4 feb 1926
  68. 1927Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (died 2017)
  69. 1929Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)
  70. 1930Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (died 2013)
  71. 1931Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
  72. 1931Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (died 2015)
  73. 1932Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
  74. 1932Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)
  75. 1932John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)
  76. 1933Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (died 2008)
  77. 1933Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 2014)
  78. 1933David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (died 2009)
  79. 1934Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
  80. 1934Johnny Hills, English footballer (died 2021)
  81. 1934George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)
  82. 1934Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (died 2023)
  83. 1935Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
  84. 1936Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (died 2020)
  85. 1936Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (died 2011)
  86. 1937Bruce Lloyd, Australian politician
  87. 1937Jerry Wiggin, British politician (died 2015)
  88. 1938James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)
  89. 1938Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
  90. 1938Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer
  91. 1939Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)
  92. 1940Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)
  93. 1940Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)
  94. 1940Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)
  95. 1941Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
  96. 1942Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
  97. 1942Celia Kaye, American actress
  98. 1942Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
  99. 1942Jenny O'Hara, American actress
  100. 1942Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
  101. 1943Kent Haruf, American novelist (died 2014)
  102. 1943Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (died 1967)
  103. 1943Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
  104. 1944Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (died 1994)
  105. 1944Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (died 2007)
  106. 1944David Wineland, American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
  107. 1945Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
  108. 1946Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
  109. 1947Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
  110. 1947Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
  111. 1948Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2016)
  112. 1948Dennis Waterman, English actor (died 2022)
  113. 1948GM Quader, Bangladeshi politician
  114. 1949John Lever, English Test cricketer
  115. 1950George Thorogood, American musician
  116. 1951David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
  117. 1951Derek Randall, English cricketer
  118. 1951Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
  119. 1951Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
  120. 1951Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
  121. 1951Andrew Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
  122. 1952Tommy Burleson, American basketball player
  123. 1953Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (died 1974)
  124. 1954Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
  125. 1954Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (died 2016) las demás fuentes: 24 feb 1952
  126. 1954Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
  127. 1954Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist fecha discutida
  128. 1954Željko Glasnović, Croatian politician and general
  129. 1954Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, British peer, writer, and entrepreneur
  130. 1955Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
  131. 1955Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (died 2020)
  132. 1955Alain Prost, French race car driver
  133. 1956Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
  134. 1956Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
  135. 1956Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
  136. 1958Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  137. 1958Mark Moses, American actor
  138. 1959Beth Broderick, American actress and director
  139. 1959Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
  140. 1959Abhishek Singhvi, Indian politician
  141. 1959François Villeroy de Galhau, 30th Governor of the Bank of France
  142. 1961Emilio Rivera, American actor
  143. 1961Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
  144. 1961John Grogan, British politician
  145. 1962Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat
  146. 1962Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter
  147. 1963Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer
  148. 1963Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
  149. 1963Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
  150. 1963Mateu Alemany, Spanish lawyer, football director of FC Barcelona
  151. 1964Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
  152. 1964Elizabeth Wilson, American politician
  153. 1965Paul Gruber, American football player
  154. 1965Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
  155. 1966Billy Zane, American actor and producer
  156. 1966Katie Allen, Australian politician and medical researcher
  157. 1967Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  158. 1968Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
  159. 1969Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
  160. 1970Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
  161. 1970Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach
  162. 1970Jonathan Ward, American actor
  163. 1971Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
  164. 1971Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  165. 1971Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
  166. 1972Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
  167. 1972Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  168. 1973Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
  169. 1973Philipp Rösler, German politician
  170. 1974Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
  171. 1974Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Russian freestyle wrestler
  172. 1974Gila Gamliel, Israeli politician and Minister of Science, Technology and Space
  173. 1975Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
  174. 1976Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (died 1995)
  175. 1976Zach Johnson, American golfer
  176. 1976Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
  177. 1977Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
  178. 1977Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
  179. 1977Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
  180. 1980Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  181. 1980Jorrit Faassen, Dutch businessman
  182. 1981Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
  183. 1981Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
  184. 1981Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
  185. 1981Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
  186. 1981Bob Sanders, American football player
  187. 1982Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
  188. 1982Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
  189. 1982Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
  190. 1982Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
  191. 1984Wilson Bethel, American actor
  192. 1984Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
  193. 1984Nani, Indian actor and film producer
  194. 1985Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
  195. 1986Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
  196. 1987Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
  197. 1987Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player
  198. 1987Mario Suárez, Spanish footballer
  199. 1987Christopher Trimmel, Austrian footballer
  200. 1988Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player
  201. 1988Alexander Koch, American actor
  202. 1988Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
  203. 1988Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician
  204. 1989Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  205. 1989Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
  206. 1989Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player
  207. 1990Dwayne Allen, American football player
  208. 1990Derek Wolfe, American football player
  209. 1991Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
  210. 1991Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
  211. 1991O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
  212. 1991Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
  213. 1991Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer
  214. 1992Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
  215. 1994Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
  216. 1994Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
  217. 1995Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
  218. 1996Royce Freeman, American football player
  219. 1997Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player
  220. 2000Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
  221. 2000Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player
  222. 2003Honey Osrin, British swimmer
  223. 2004Samuele Vignato, Italian football player
  224. 2004Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer

Fallecimientos (96)

  1. 616Æthelberht of Kent
  2. 951Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
  3. 1018Borrell, bishop of Vic
  4. 1114Thomas, archbishop of York
  5. 1386Charles III of Naples (born 1345)
  6. 1496Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (born 1445)
  7. 1525Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (born 1470)
  8. 1525Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (born c. 1488)
  9. 1525Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (born 1480)
  10. 1530Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor
  11. 1563Francis, Duke of Guise (born 1519)
  12. 1580Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)
  13. 1588Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (born 1515)
  14. 1666Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (born 1588)
  15. 1674Prataprao Gujar, 3rd Commander-in-chief of Maratha Confederacy
  16. 1685Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (born 1629)
  17. 1704Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)
  18. 1714Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1637)
  19. 1721John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1648)
  20. 1732Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (born 1675)
  21. 1777Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)
  22. 1785Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (born 1746)
  23. 1799Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)
  24. 1810Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)
  25. 1812Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775) fecha discutida
  26. 1815Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)
  27. 1825Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (born 1754)
  28. 1856Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)
  29. 1876Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)
  30. 1879Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (born 1825)
  31. 1910Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (born 1842)
  32. 1914Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (born 1828)
  33. 1925Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
  34. 1927Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (born 1858)
  35. 1929André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)
  36. 1930Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (born 1850)
  37. 1953Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (born 1895)
  38. 1953Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (born 1875)
  39. 1967Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1886)
  40. 1970Conrad Nagel, American actor (born 1897)
  41. 1974Margaret Leech, American historian and author (born 1895)
  42. 1975Hans Bellmer, German artist (born 1902)
  43. 1975Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)
  44. 1978Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (born 1891)
  45. 1982Virginia Bruce, American actress (born 1910)
  46. 1986Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (born 1904)
  47. 1986Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1904)
  48. 1990Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born 1945)
  49. 1990Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (born 1917)
  50. 1990Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)
  51. 1990Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927)
  52. 1991John Daly, American journalist and game show host (born 1914)
  53. 1991George Gobel, American actor (born 1919)
  54. 1991Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921)
  55. 1993Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (born 1917)
  56. 1993Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (born 1941)
  57. 1994Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (born 1906)
  58. 1994Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born 1916)
  59. 1998Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (born 1921)
  60. 1998Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (born 1906)
  61. 1999Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (born 1936)
  62. 2000Betty Lou Beets, American murderer (born 1937)
  63. 2001Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (born 1912)
  64. 2001Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)
  65. 2002Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1893)
  66. 2004John Randolph, American actor (born 1915)
  67. 2005Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (born 1927)
  68. 2006Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (born 1947)
  69. 2006Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (born 1924)
  70. 2006John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (born 1947)
  71. 2006Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
  72. 2007Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (born 1906)
  73. 2007Damien Nash, American football player (born 1982)
  74. 2008Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
  75. 2010Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (born 1969)
  76. 2011Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (born 1929)
  77. 2012Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (born 1930)
  78. 2012Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (born 1925)
  79. 2013Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)
  80. 2013Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (born 1923)
  81. 2014Franny Beecher, American guitarist (born 1921)
  82. 2014Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (born 1948)
  83. 2014Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (born 1923)
  84. 2014Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
  85. 2015Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)
  86. 2015Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)
  87. 2016Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (born 1943)
  88. 2016Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
  89. 2016George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (born 1927)
  90. 2018Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
  91. 2018Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
  92. 2020Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)
  93. 2021Ronald Pickup, English actor (born 1940)
  94. 2023Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (born 1922)
  95. 2024Kumar Shahani, Indian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)
  96. 2025Roberta Flack, American singer and pianist (born 1937)

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Dragobete (Romania)
  2. Engineer's Day (Iran)
  3. Flag Day in Mexico
  4. Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.
  5. National Artist Day (Thailand)
  6. Sweden Finns' Day (Sweden)

Santoral (6)

  1. Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi
  2. Blessed Josefa Naval Girbés
  3. Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)
  4. Modest (bishop of Trier)
  5. Sergius of Cappadocia
  6. February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)