Events

Pre-1600

452 __NOTOC__ Year 452 ( CDLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Herculanus and Sporacius (or, less frequently, year 1205 ' ...

or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. *

1245 Year 1245 ( MCCXLV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Winter – Siege of Jaén: Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III (the Saint) bes ...

– Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.

1601–1900

1613 Events January–June * January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendary ...

– Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of

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. * 1797 – A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists. *

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februar ...

– The first self-propelling

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makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. *

1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...

– Without 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. *

1828 Events January–March * January 4 – Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle, as Prime Minister of France. * January 8 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. * January 22 – Arthu ...

– Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. * 1842 – John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. *

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

–

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

and

Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels ( ,"Engels"
'' The Communist Manifesto''. * 1862 –

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...

Battle of Valverde The Battle of Valverde, also known as the Battle of Valverde Ford, was fought from February 20 to 21, 1862, near the town of Val Verde at a ford of the Rio Grande in Union-held New Mexico Territory, in what is today the state of New Mexico ...

is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory. * 1866 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school. * 1874 – The '' Oakland Daily Tribune'' publishes its first edition. * 1878 – The first

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is issued in New Haven, Connecticut. * 1885 – The newly completed

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is dedicated. * 1896 – An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the

1896 World Heavyweight Championship The Fitzsimmons-Maher Prizefight (February 21, 1896), also considered, unofficially, as the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship, occurred between Bob Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher on a sandbar in the Rio Grande River just far enough outside of the ...

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1901–present

* 1913 – Ioannina is incorporated into the

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after the Balkan Wars. * 1916 –

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins. * 1918 – The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. *

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...

– German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing

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, Germany. * 1921 –

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of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. * 1921 – Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup. * 1925 – '' The New Yorker'' publishes its first issue. * 1929 – In 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. * 1934 –

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is executed. * 1937 – The

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bans foreign national " volunteers" in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

. * 1945 –

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier and damage the . * 1945 – World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front. *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

– In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first " instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. *

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

– NASCAR is incorporated. * 1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free". * 1952 – The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now

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). * 1958 – The 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. * 1965 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. * 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at

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. * 1972 – United States President

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visits China to normalize Sino-American relations. * 1972 – The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. * 1973 – Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people. * 1974 – The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

. * 1975 – Watergate scandal: Former

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John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States under President Richard Nixon and chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal ...

and former

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aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. *

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– Aldrich Ames is arrested by the

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for selling national secrets to the

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. * 1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a

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. * 2013 – At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the

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n city of

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. * 2022 – In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President

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declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from

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, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the

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Births

Pre-1600

921 __NOTOC__ Year 921 ( CMXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March – Battle of Pegae: Bulgarian forces under ''kavhan'' (first ...

– Abe no Seimei, Japanese

astrologer Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Di ...

(d. 1005) *

1397 Year 1397 (Roman numerals, MCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January – Mircea I of Wallachia, Mircea I takes back the throne ...

– Isabella of Portugal (d. 1471) * 1462 – Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530) *

1484 Year 1484 ( MCDLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1484th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 484th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th ye ...

– Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1535) *

1498 Year 1498 (Roman numerals, MCDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1498th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 498th year of the 2nd mill ...

– Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (d. 1549) *

1541 __NOTOC__ Year 1541 ( MDXLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago del Nuevo Extremo, whi ...

– Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599) * 1556 – Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)

1601–1900

1609 Events January–June * January – The Basque witch trials begin. * January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, ''Avisa Relation oder Zeitung'', begins publication in Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire). * January 3 ...

– Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (d. 1680) * 1621 –

Rebecca Nurse Rebecca Nurse (February 13, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. She was the wif ...

, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692) *

1705 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'' is p ...

– Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (d. 1781) *

1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...

– Peter III of Russia (d. 1762) *

1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...

– Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1835) * 1788 – Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (d. 1873) * 1791 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857) * 1794 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th

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(d. 1876) *

1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...

–

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and ...

, English cardinal (d. 1890) *

1817 Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the ...

– José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893) * 1821 – Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (d. 1871) * 1836 – Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891) *

1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...

– Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937) * 1860 – Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952) * 1865 –

John Haden Badley John Haden Badley (21 February 1865 – 6 March 1967) was an English author, educator, and founder of Bedales School, which claims to have become the first coeducational public boarding school in England in 1893. Life Born in Dudley, Worc ...

, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (d. 1967) *

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

– Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934) * 1875 – Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997) * 1878 – Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973) *

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

–

Kenneth J. Alford Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great examples of the art. He was a Bandmaster in th ...

, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945) * 1885 –

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follo ...

, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957) * 1887 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (d. 1945) *

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

– Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (d. 1965) * 1892 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949) * 1893 – Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979) * 1893 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987) *

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

– Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955) * 1895 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...

laureate (d. 1976) * 1896 – Nirala, Indian poet and author (d. 1961) *

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...

– Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (d. 1988)

1901–present

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

– Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (d. 1963) *

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

– Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977) * 1903 –

Raymond Queneau Raymond Queneau (; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (''Ouvroir de littérature potentielle Oulipo (, short for french: Ouvroir de littérature potentiell ...

, French poet and author (d. 1976) * 1907 – W. H. Auden, British-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973) * 1909 –

Hans Erni Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Par ...

, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015) *

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

– Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (d. 1982) * 1912 – Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974) * 1914 – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999) * 1914 – Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965) * 1914 – Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944) * 1915 – Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964) * 1915 – Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (d. 1967) * 1915 – Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 2017) * 1917 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996) * 1917 – Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) * 1921 – John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002) * 1921 – Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009) * 1924 – Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014) * 1924 – Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019) * 1924 – Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980) * 1925 – Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984) * 1925 – Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014) *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

– Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (d. 1996) * 1929 – Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) * 1933 – Bob Rafelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022) * 1933 –

Nina Simone Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blue ...

, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003) * 1934 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010) * 1935 – Richard A. Lupoff, American author (d. 2020) * 1935 –

Mark McManus Mark McManus (21 February 1935 – 6 June 1994) was a Scottish actor. He has played roles in British television series '' Sam,'' ''Bulman, The Brothers, Strangers,'' and ''Dramarama'' and starred in the feature film '' 2000 Weeks''. He was b ...

, Scottish actor (d. 1994) * 1936 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996) * 1937 – Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (d. 2015) * 1937 – Harald V of Norway * 1938 – Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2020) * 1938 –

Kel Tremain Kelvin Robin Tremain (21 February 1938 – 2 May 1992) was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A flanker, he won 38 full caps for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, between 1959 and 1968, scoring nine tries. During th ...

, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992) * 1940 – Peter Gethin, English racing driver (d. 2011) * 1940 – John Lewis, American activist and politician (d. 2020) * 1942 – Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013) * 1942 – Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

– David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records * 1945 – Maurice Bembridge, English golfer * 1946 – Tyne Daly, American actress and singer * 1946 – Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer * 1946 – Alan Rickman, English actor and director (d. 2016) * 1946 – Bob Ryan, American journalist and author *

– Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1947 – Olympia Snowe, American politician *

– Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer (d. 2015) * 1949 – Frank Brunner, American illustrator * 1949 – Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1949 –

Ronnie Hellström Folke Ronnie Wallentin Hellström (21 February 1949 – 6 February 2022) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Hammarby IF and 1. FC Kaiserslautern during a career that spanned between 1966 and 1984 ...

, Swedish footballer (d. 2022) * 1950 – Larry Drake, American actor (d. 2016) * 1950 – Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian president * 1951 – Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (d. 2006) * 1952 – Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer * 1952 – Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (d. 2017) * 1953 – Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer * 1953 – William Petersen, American actor and producer * 1954 – Christina Rees, British politician * 1955 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer * 1958 – Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1958 – Kim Coates, Canadian actor * 1958 – Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1959 – José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter * 1960 – Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria * 1960 – Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter * 1961 – Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman * 1961 –

Elliot Hirshman Elliot Lee Hirshman (born February 21, 1961) is an American psychologist and academic who is the president of Stevenson University in Owings Mills, Maryland since July 3, 2017. Prior to Stevenson University he served as president at San Diego Stat ...

, American psychologist and academic * 1962 – Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist * 1962 – David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008) * 1963 – William Baldwin, American actor * 1963 – Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019) * 1963 – Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer * 1964 – Mark Kelly, United States Senator, American captain, pilot, and astronaut * 1964 – Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut * 1965 – Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist * 1967 – Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach * 1967 – Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician * 1969 – James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1969 – Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer * 1969 – Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier * 1969 – Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager * 1969 – Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1970 – Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster * 1970 – Eric Wilson, American bass player and drummer * 1971 – Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer * 1972 – Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter * 1973 – Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1973 –

Brian Rolston Brian Lee Rolston (born February 21, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey player who most recently played for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils in 1995, and the ...

, American ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – Iván Campo, Spanish footballer * 1975 – Scott Miller, Australian swimmer * 1976 – Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 – Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter * 1977 –

Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), ''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), ''Here I Am (novel), Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fict ...

, American novelist * 1977 – Steve Francis, American basketball player * 1977 – Rhiannon Giddens, American musician * 1977 – Owen King, American author * 1977 – Kevin Rose, American businessman and television host, founded Digg * 1979 –

Pascal Chimbonda Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Chimbonda began his professional career in 1998 with Le Havre, where he featured over 100 times combined for the club's first team an ...

, Guadeloupean-French footballer * 1979 – Shane Gibson, American guitarist (d. 2014) * 1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer * 1979 – Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler * 1979 – Jordan Peele, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1980 – Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer * 1980 – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan * 1980 – Justin Roiland, American animator, writer and voice actor *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

– Floor Jansen, Dutch singer, songwriter, and vocal coach *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

– Andre Barrett, American basketball player * 1982 – Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter * 1982 –

Tebogo Jacko Magubane Tebogo Jacko Magubane (born 21 February 1982) also known by his stage name Magubane da Franchiz (stylized as FranchiZ) is a South African house DJ and Music Producer radio producer currently working for Munghana Lonene FM as the station's Prog ...

, South African DJ and producer * 1983 – Braylon Edwards, American football player * 1983 – Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player * 1983 – Mélanie Laurent, French actress * 1984 – Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player * 1984 – David Odonkor, German footballer * 1984 –

Marco Paoloni Marco Paoloni (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper; he is currently suspended since his involvement in 2011 Italian football scandal. Club career Born in Civitavecchia, the Province of Rome, Paoloni star ...

, Italian footballer * 1984 – James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player * 1985 –

Georgios Samaras Georgios Samaras ( el, Γεώργιος Σαμαράς, ; born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. ...

, Greek footballer * 1985 – Jamaal Westerman, American football player * 1986 – Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress * 1987 – Elliot Page, Canadian actor * 1987 – Eniola Aluko, English footballer * 1989 – Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter * 1990 –

Mattias Tedenby Mattias Tedenby (born February 21, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Tedenby started his playing career in the Swedish elite league club HV71 ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * 1991 – Joe Alwyn, English actor * 1991 – Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer * 1991 – Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer * 1991 – Devon Travis, American baseball player * 1991 – Suppasit Jongcheveevat, Thai actor * 1993 – Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer * 1993 – Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer * 1993 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor *

– Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player *1994 –

Shon Seung-wan Shon Seung-wan (; born February 21, 1994), known professionally as Wendy, is a South Korean singer, voice actress, and radio host. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet. She made her solo debut in 2021 with the EP '' Like W ...

, South Korean singer * 1996 – Noah Rubin, American tennis player * 1996 – Sophie Turner, English actress * 1999 – Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 4 AD – Gaius Caesar, Roman

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states th ...

and grandson of

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

(b. 20 BC) * 675 –

Randoald of Grandval Saint Randoald (also ''Rancald'', ''Randaut'', d. 21 February 675) was prior of the Benedictine Moutier-Grandval Abbey (in modern-day Switzerland) under Germanus of Granfelden. ''Passio sancti Germani'' The ''Passio sancti Germani'' recounts the ...

, prior of the

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , found ...

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

of Grandval *

1184 Year 1184 ( MCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May 20 – Diet of Pentecost: Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) organises a conference ...

– Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

(b. 1154) *

1267 Year 1267 ( MCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By topic War and politics * February 16 – King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfonso X of Castil ...

– Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus *

1437 Year 1437 ( MCDXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 20– 21 – James I of Scotland is fatally stabbed at Perth in a f ...

– James I of Scotland (b. 1394; assassinated) * 1471 – Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396) *

1513 Year 1513 (Roman numerals, MDXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * March 9 – Pope Leo X (layman Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) succe ...

– Pope Julius II (b. 1443) *

1543 __NOTOC__ Year 1543 ( MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in sc ...

– Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507) *

1554 __NOTOC__ Year 1554 ( MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 5 – A great fire breaks out in Eindhoven, Netherlands. *January 11 ...

–

Hieronymus Bock Hieronymus Bock ( Latinised Hieronymus Tragus; c. 1498 – 21 February 1554) was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their re ...

, German botanist and physician (b. 1498) *

1572 Year 1572 ( MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part ...

–

Cho Shik Jo Sik (July 10, 1501 – February 21, 1572) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon Dynasty. He was a Neo-Confucian scholar who had a major influence on the Easterners and the Northerners. Life Jo sik was born in Togol ...

, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1501) *

1590 Events January–June * January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''. * March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ge ...

– Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528) * 1595 – Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)

1601–1900

* 1677 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632) * 1715 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637) * 1730 – Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649) * 1821 – Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756) *

1824 May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony Events January–March * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...

– Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781) *

1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * March ...

– Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778) * 1846 – Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800) * 1862 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786) *

– William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804) *

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...

– James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)

1901–present

– Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867) * 1926 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic,

laureate (b. 1853) * 1934 – Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895) * 1938 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868) * 1941 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic,

laureate (b. 1891) * 1944 – Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French racing driver (b. 1873) * 1945 – Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902) * 1946 – José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911) *

– Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (b. 1881) * 1958 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936) * 1965 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated) * 1967 – Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929) * 1968 – Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist,

laureate (b. 1898) * 1972 – Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914) * 1972 – Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891) * 1972 – Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884) * 1974 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930) * 1980 – Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914) *

– Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897) * 1984 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer,

laureate (b. 1905) * 1985 – Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909) * 1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (b. 1895) * 1991 –

Dorothy Auchterlonie Green Dorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green) (28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet. Life Auchterlonie was born in Sunderland, County Durham in England. In 1927 when sh ...

, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915) * 1991 – Nutan, Indian actress (b. 1936) * 1993 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888) *

– Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913) * 1995 – Robert Bolt, English dramatist (b. 1924) * 1996 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913) * 1999 – Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist,

laureate (b. 1918) * 1999 – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914) * 1999 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930) * 2002 – John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942) * 2004 – John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2005 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929) * 2005 – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929) * 2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928) * 2011 – Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded

Milestone Media Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the '' Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, ...

(b. 1962) * 2011 – Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (b. 1926) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922) * 2013 – Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

– Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935) * 2014 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985) * 2014 – Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939) * 2015 – Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931) * 2015 –

Sadeq Tabatabaei Sadeq Tabatabaei ( fa, صادق طباطبایی; 25 March 1943 – 21 February 2015) was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 198 ...

, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943) * 2015 – Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920) * 2016 – Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919) * 2017 –

Jeanne Martin Cissé Jeanne Martin Cissé (6 April 1926 – 21 February 2017) was a Guinean teacher and nationalist politician who served as ambassador to the United Nations and in 1972 was the first woman to serve as President of the United Nations Security Council. ...

, Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926) * 2018 –

Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christi ...

, American evangelist (b. 1918) *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– Stanley Donen, American film director (b. 1924) * 2019 – Peter Tork, American musician and actor (b. 1942) * 2021 – Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (b. 1928) * 2021 – Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (b. 1958)

Holidays and observances

* Armed Forces Day (South Africa) * Birthday of King Harald V (

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) *Christian feast day: ** Felix of Hadrumetum ** Pepin of Landen ** Peter Damian **

February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) February 20 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 22 All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 6 (March 5 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For February 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Cal ...

* Father Lini Day (

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

) *

Language Movement Day (''Bhasha Andolôn Dibôs'') , nickname = bn, শহীদ দিবস (''Shôhid Dibôs'') , duration = 1 day , frequency = Annual , observedby = Bangladesh and Bengali speakers in India and elsewhere , date = 21 Feb ...

(

) ** International Mother Language Day (

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. I ...

) *The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...

) *The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. ( Tagum City,

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

) *

Feralia Ferālia was an ancient Roman public festival Dumézil, Georges. ''Archaic Roman Religion''. pg 366. celebrating the Manes (Roman spirits of the dead, particularly the souls of deceased individuals) which fell on 21 February as recorded by O ...

(

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–50 ...

)

References

Works cited

External links

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