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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| : Independence Day in the Dominican Republic (1844) | refimprove section |
| 380 – Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire as a consequence of the Edict of Thessalonica. | Orange-tagged for an update, concern raised over use of less recent sources than the French wiki which indicates the edict had little effect beyond Constantinople |
| 907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, was enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China. | unreferenced section |
| 1594 – Henry IV of France was crowned at the Chartres Cathedral near Paris, beginning the Bourbon dynasty. | refimprove section |
| 1801 – Under the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C., a new planned city and capital of the United States, was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress. | unreferenced section |
| 1812 – Manuel Belgrano raised the flag of Argentina, which he designed, in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War of Independence. | unreferenced section |
| 1881 – During the First Boer War, the British army suffers a defeat after a long battle at Majuba Hill. | unreferenced section |
| 1900 – The Trades Union Congress held a conference in London to bring together all left-wing organisations and form them into a single body that would sponsor Parliamentary candidates—the Labour Party. | unreferenced section |
| 1963 – Juan Bosch became the first democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic since the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo two years earlier. | refimprove |
| 1973 – Approximately 200 followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for five weeks. | refimprove section |
| 1976 – The rebel movement Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. | unreferenced section, external links |
| 1989 – A wave of protests, riots and looting known as the Caracazo resulted in a death toll of between 276 and 2,000 people in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and its surrounding towns. | Neutrality disputed orange banner |
| 2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, was released. | unreferenced section |
| Hosteen Klah |d|1937| | Yellow "cleanup needed" banner |
Eligible
- 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the regency of Mary of Guise (pictured).
- 1617 – Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains.
- 1870 – The current flag of Japan was first adopted as a civil ensign for Japanese merchant ships.
- 1900 – FC Bayern Munich, Germany's most successful football club, was founded.
- 1933 – The Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament in Berlin, was set on fire in a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime.
- 1940 – American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon, which is now used extensively as the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological and geological samples.
- 1962 – Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1972 – The Sunday People revealed that James Humphreys, a notorious pornographer, had bribed a senior London police officer with a holiday to Cyprus and Beirut.
- 1982 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its final performance.
- 2002 – Violent riots, perceived to have been instigated by a train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, broke out in the Indian state of Gujarat, killing at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, over three days.
- 2015 – Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.
- Born/died this day: | Ruprecht of the Palatinate |b|1427| William Alabaster |b|1567| Joaquín Sorolla |b|1863|Pietro Gnocchi |b|1689| Ellen Terry |b|1847| Mabel Keaton Staupers |b|1890| Ivan Pavlov |d|1936| Chelsea Clinton |b|1980| Necmettin Erbakan |d|2011 |Tina Strobos |d|2012
Notes
- Ngo Dinh Diem (1959 assassination attempt) appears on February 22, so 1962 attempt should not appear in the same year
February 27: Feast day of Saint Gregory of Narek (Catholicism)
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge resulted in the arrests of 850 Loyalists over the following days.
- 1814 – Peninsular War: In the south of France, Spanish, British and Portuguese soldiers under the command of Arthur Wellesley defeated French soldiers in the Battle of Orthez, causing the French to retreat east.
- 1988 – The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom (memorial pictured).
- 1996 – The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.
- Robert of Melun (d. 1167)
- Alice Hamilton (b. 1869)
- Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (d. 1956)
- Leah Poulton (b. 1984)