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Acontecimientos (30)

  1. 138Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
  2. 628Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
  3. 1705George Frideric Handel's opera Nero premieres in Hamburg.
  4. 1836Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
  5. 1843Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet affair.
  6. 1870Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
  7. 1875Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
  8. 1912Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  9. 1916World War I: In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  10. 1918World War I: German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
  11. 1921Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  12. 1932Adolf Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
  13. 1933Launch of the at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
  14. 1939As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
  15. 1941The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
  16. 1947The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  17. 1947Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary.
  18. 1948In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
  19. 1951The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
  20. 1956In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
  21. 1980The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
  22. 1986People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first female president.
  23. 1991Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest.
  24. 1994American-Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein commits a mass shooting at the Cave of the Patriarchs mausoleum, leaving 29 dead and over 100 injured before he is disarmed and beaten to death by survivors.
  25. 1999Alitalia Flight 1553 crashes at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa, Italy, killing four.
  26. 2009Soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including 57 army officials.
  27. 2009Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
  28. 2015At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
  29. 2016Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston.
  30. 2026Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.

Nacimientos (157)

  1. 1259Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and Urraca of Castile (died 1321)
  2. 1337Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (died 1383)
  3. 1475Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (died 1499)
  4. 1540Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English aristocrat and courtier (died 1614)
  5. 1543Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, Emir of Bitlis (died 1603)
  6. 1591Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (died 1635)
  7. 1643Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (died 1695)
  8. 1663Peter Anthony Motteux, French-English author, playwright and translator (died 1718)
  9. 1670Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1720)
  10. 1682Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (died 1771)
  11. 1707Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (died 1793)
  12. 1714René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 1792)
  13. 1728John Wood, the Younger, English architect, designed the Royal Crescent (died 1782)
  14. 1752John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1806)
  15. 1755François René Mallarmé, French lawyer and politician (died 1835)
  16. 1778José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1850)
  17. 1806Emma Catherine Embury, American author and poet (died 1863)
  18. 1809John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (died 1873)
  19. 1812Carl Christian Hall, Danish lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1888)
  20. 1816Giovanni Morelli, Italian historian and critic (died 1891)
  21. 1833John St. John, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Kansas (died 1916)
  22. 1841Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (died 1919)
  23. 1842Karl May, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1912)
  24. 1845George Reid, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1918)
  25. 1855Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author (died 1886)
  26. 1856Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic (died 1915)
  27. 1856Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor (died 1940)
  28. 1857Robert Bond, Canadian politician; first Prime Minister of Newfoundland (died 1927)
  29. 1860William Ashley, English historian and academic (died 1927)
  30. 1865Andranik, Armenian general (died 1927)
  31. 1866Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (died 1952)
  32. 1869Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician (died 1940)
  33. 1871Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died1913)
  34. 1873Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. (died 1921)
  35. 1877Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1935)
  36. 1881William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician (died 1961)
  37. 1881Alexei Rykov, Russian politician, Premier of Russia (died 1938)
  38. 1883Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (died 1981)
  39. 1885Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 1969)
  40. 1888John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (died 1959)
  41. 1890Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (died 1965)
  42. 1894Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (died 1969)
  43. 1896Ida Noddack, German chemist and physicist (died 1978)
  44. 1898William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist (died 1961)
  45. 1901Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (died 1980)
  46. 1901Zeppo Marx, American comedian and theatrical agent (died 1979)
  47. 1903King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach (died 1986) fecha discutida
  48. 1905Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (died 1963)
  49. 1906Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright (died 1981)
  50. 1907Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (died 1948)
  51. 1908Mary Locke Petermann, American cellular biochemist (died 1975)
  52. 1908Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (died 2001)
  53. 1910Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (died 1992)
  54. 1913Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
  55. 1913Gert Fröbe, German actor (died 1988)
  56. 1915S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (died 2006)
  57. 1917Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic (died 1993)
  58. 1918Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (died 1995)
  59. 1919Monte Irvin, American baseball player and executive (died 2016)
  60. 1920Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (died 1992)
  61. 1921Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 1970)
  62. 1921Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)
  63. 1922Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator (died 1980)
  64. 1924Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (died 2013)
  65. 1925Lisa Kirk, American actress and singer (died 1990)
  66. 1925Shehu Shagari, Nigerian politician, 6th President of Nigeria (died 2018)
  67. 1926Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (died 2003)
  68. 1927Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (died 2016)
  69. 1928Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman (died 2016)
  70. 1928Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter (died 2009)
  71. 1928A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights advocate, historian, and judge (died 1998)
  72. 1928Richard G. Stern, American author and academic (died 2013)
  73. 1930Wendy Beckett, British nun and art critic (died 2018)
  74. 1932Tony Brooks, English racing driver (died 2022)
  75. 1932Faron Young, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
  76. 1934Tony Lema, American golfer (died 1966)
  77. 1935Tony Campolo, American sociologist and pastor (died 2024)
  78. 1935Oktay Sinanoglu, Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (died 2015)
  79. 1937Tom Courtenay, English actor
  80. 1937Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
  81. 1938Diane Baker, American actress and producer
  82. 1938Herb Elliott, Australian athlete
  83. 1938Farokh Engineer, Indian cricketer
  84. 1940Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2010)
  85. 1941David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
  86. 1942Karen Grassle, American actress
  87. 1943George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer (died 2001)
  88. 1944François Cevert, French racing driver (died 1973)
  89. 1946Jean Todt, French racing driver and team manager
  90. 1947Lee Evans, American sprinter and athletics coach (died 2021)
  91. 1949Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
  92. 1949Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author
  93. 1950Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (died 2006)
  94. 1950Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter and author
  95. 1950Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician; 51st President of Argentina (died 2010)
  96. 1951Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach
  97. 1952Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (died 2000)
  98. 1953José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
  99. 1953John Doe, American musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and poet
  100. 1957Raymond McCreesh, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (died 1981)
  101. 1957Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean economist and politician; 5th Senior Minister and 9th President of Singapore
  102. 1958Kurt Rambis, Greek-American basketball player, coach, and executive
  103. 1962Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
  104. 1963Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster
  105. 1965Carrot Top, American comedian
  106. 1965Veronica Webb, American model, actress, and writer
  107. 1966Alexis Denisof, American actor
  108. 1966Téa Leoni, American actress
  109. 1967Ed Balls, English politician; Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
  110. 1968Lesley Boone, American actress and producer
  111. 1968Danny Crnkovich, Australian rugby league player
  112. 1968Oumou Sangaré, Malian musician
  113. 1970Chris Barnes, American bowler and sportscaster
  114. 1971Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
  115. 1971Stuart MacGill, Australian cricketer
  116. 1971Daniel Powter, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
  117. 1973Anson Mount, American actor
  118. 1974Dominic Raab, English politician; First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  119. 1975Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, author, and television host
  120. 1976Rashida Jones, American actress and writer
  121. 1976Samaki Walker, American basketball player
  122. 1979Napoleon Harris, American football player and politician
  123. 1980Kash Patel, American lawyer, former federal prosecutor and official
  124. 1981Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer
  125. 1982Maria Kanellis, American professional wrestler, actress, and model
  126. 1982Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player
  127. 1982Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
  128. 1985Joakim Noah, French-American basketball player
  129. 1986Justin Berfield, American actor, writer, and producer
  130. 1986Jameela Jamil, English actress and presenter
  131. 1986James Phelps, English actor
  132. 1986Oliver Phelps, English actor
  133. 1987Justin Abdelkader, American ice hockey player
  134. 1988Tom Marshall, English photo colouriser and artist
  135. 1988Gerald McCoy, American football player
  136. 1989Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player
  137. 1989Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
  138. 1989E'Twaun Moore, American basketball player
  139. 1990Félix Peña, Dominican baseball player
  140. 1992Joakim Nordström, Swedish ice hockey player
  141. 1992Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player
  142. 1993Erick Fedde, American baseball player
  143. 1993Lukáš Sedlák, Czech ice hockey player
  144. 1994Fred VanVleet, American basketball player
  145. 1995Mario Hezonja, Croatian basketball player
  146. 1995Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgarian tennis player
  147. 1997Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
  148. 1997Thon Maker, South Sudanese-Australian basketball player
  149. 1997Brock Boeser, American ice hockey player
  150. 1999Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian footballer
  151. 1999Matvey Safonov, Russian footballer
  152. 1999Rocky, South Korean singer, dancer and songwriter
  153. 2000Bo Nix, American football player
  154. 2001Vernon Carey Jr., American basketball player
  155. 2003Brandin Podziemski, American basketball player
  156. 2004Tyler Sanders, American actor (died 2022)
  157. 2005Noah Jupe, English actor

Fallecimientos (74)

  1. 806Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople
  2. 891Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (born 836)
  3. 1099Anselm of Ribemont, Frankish nobleman and participant of the First Crusade
  4. 1522William Lily, English scholar and educator (born 1468)
  5. 1536Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (born 1492)
  6. 1547Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (born 1490)
  7. 1601Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1566)
  8. 1634Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (born 1583)
  9. 1636Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (born 1561) las demás fuentes: 22 feb 1636
  10. 1655Daniël Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (born 1580)
  11. 1682Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (born 1639)
  12. 1710Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (born 1639)
  13. 1713Frederick I of Prussia (born 1657)
  14. 1723Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (born 1632) juliano y gregoriano
  15. 1756Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (born 1693)
  16. 1796Samuel Seabury, American bishop (born 1729)
  17. 1805Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1722)
  18. 1819Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (born 1734)
  19. 1822William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (born 1764)
  20. 1841Philip P. Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1783)
  21. 1850Daoguang Emperor of China (born 1782)
  22. 1852Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (born 1779)
  23. 1865Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (born 1813)
  24. 1870Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (born 1797)
  25. 1877Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (born 1816)
  26. 1878Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1804)
  27. 1899Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (born 1816)
  28. 1906Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1861)
  29. 1910Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (born 1820)
  30. 1911Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (born 1829)
  31. 1912William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1852)
  32. 1914John Tenniel, English illustrator (born 1820)
  33. 1915Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (born 1845)
  34. 1920Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (born 1844)
  35. 1928William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (born 1852)
  36. 1934Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (born 1857)
  37. 1934John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (born 1873)
  38. 1945Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (born 1893)
  39. 1950George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
  40. 1953Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (born 1856) las demás fuentes: 24 feb 1953
  41. 1954Joseph Beech, American Methodist missionary and educator (born 1867)
  42. 1957Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (born 1888)
  43. 1957Bugs Moran, American mob boss (born 1893)
  44. 1963Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (born 1895)
  45. 1964Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (born 1887)
  46. 1964Grace Metalious, American author (born 1924)
  47. 1970Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (born 1903)
  48. 1971Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
  49. 1972Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (born 1889)
  50. 1975Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (born 1897)
  51. 1978Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (born 1920)
  52. 1980Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (born 1913)
  53. 1983Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (born 1911)
  54. 1996Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (born 1940)
  55. 1997Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (born 1925)
  56. 1998W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (born 1914)
  57. 1999Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
  58. 2001A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (born 1926)
  59. 2001Don Bradman, Australian international cricketer; holder of world record batting average (born 1908)
  60. 2005Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (born 1921)
  61. 2008Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (born 1912)
  62. 2010Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (born 1915)
  63. 2012Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932)
  64. 2015Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (born 1930)
  65. 2015Ariel Camacho, Mexican musician and singer-songwriter; (born 1992)
  66. 2015Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic; noted ichthyologist (born 1922)
  67. 2017Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)
  68. 2020Dmitry Yazov, last Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1924)
  69. 2022Farrah Forke, American actress (born 1968)
  70. 2022Shirley Hughes, English author and illustrator (born 1927)
  71. 2023Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)
  72. 2025Henry Kelly, Irish radio and television broadcaster, actor and journalist (born 1947)
  73. 2025Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (born 1973)
  74. 2025Jane Reed, UK Magazine editor and media executive (born 1940) las demás fuentes: 27 feb 2025

Celebraciones (6)

  1. Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)
  2. Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)
  3. National Day (Kuwait)
  4. People Power Day (Philippines)
  5. Revolution Day in Suriname
  6. Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

Santoral (9)

  1. Æthelberht of Kent
  2. Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
  3. Gerland of Agrigento
  4. John Roberts, writer and missionary (Anglican Communion)
  5. Hamburg Matthiae-mahl, feast of Hanseatic League cities on the mediaeval first day of spring
  6. Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani
  7. Blessed Robert of Arbrissel, founder of Fontevraud Abbey
  8. Saint Walpurga (she was canonised on 1 May c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 30 April)
  9. February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)