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Events
202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty's rule over China.
628 – Khosrau II is executed by Mihr Hormozd under the orders of Kavadh II.
870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1246 – The Siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaen.
1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés's forces.
1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. Its signatories opposed reforms to the Church of Scotland, a dispute that ultimately led to the First English Civil War.
1784: John Wesley charters the first Methodist Church in the United States.
1811 – Cry of Asencio, beginning of the Uruguayan War of Independence.
1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
1838 – Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
1847 – The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
1849 – The California gold rush and regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor, bringing the first boat load of prospectors/
1861: With the region's population booming because of the Pike's Peak gold rush, Congress created the new Territory of Colorado.
1864: A major Union cavalry raid began when General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick led 3,500 troopers south from Stevensburg, Virginia.
1867 – Seventy years of Holy See-United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
1870 – The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
1874 – One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
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1883 – The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston.
1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
1893 – The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
1897 – Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
1900 – The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
1909 – The first National Woman's Day is observed in the United States.
1914 – The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
1916: Allied forces completed their conquest of the Cameroons, a German protectorate on the coast of western Africa.
1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1928 – C. V. Raman discovers Raman scattering.
1933 – Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
1939 – The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
1942 – The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
1944: Hannah Reitsch, the first female test pilot in the world, suggested the creation of the Nazi equivalent of a kamikaze squad of suicide bombers while visiting Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden. Hitler was less than enthusiastic about the idea.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots in Accra.
1953 – Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H. C. Crick announce to friends that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. The formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
1968: Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more troops. Gen. Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned from his recent round of talks with Gen. William Westmoreland in Saigon and immediately delivered a written report to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – After 11 seasons the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H airs a special two-and-a-half hour final episode watched by almost 106 million viewers, 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time, and still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots in Accra.
1953 – Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H. C. Crick announce to friends that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. The formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
1968: Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more troops. Gen. Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned from his recent round of talks with Gen. William Westmoreland in Saigon and immediately delivered a written report to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – After 11 seasons the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H airs a special two-and-a-half hour final episode watched by almost 106 million viewers, 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time, and still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1987: In a surprising announcement, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicated that his nation was ready to sign "without delay" a treaty designed to eliminate U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe.
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. Four BATF agents and five Davidians are killed in a gun battle prompted by the initial raid. A 51-day standoff standoff ensued after the unsuccessful raid.
1994: In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. fighter planes shot down four Serbian warplanes engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosnia's no-fly zone.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2001 – The Nisqually Earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2001 – Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
"Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)
Malankara Orthodox
Commemoration of Mar Aprem Malpan and Mar Theodoros
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. Four BATF agents and five Davidians are killed in a gun battle prompted by the initial raid. A 51-day standoff standoff ensued after the unsuccessful raid.
1994: In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. fighter planes shot down four Serbian warplanes engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosnia's no-fly zone.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2001 – The Nisqually Earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2001 – Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Abercius (martyr)
Hilarius
Mar Abba
Oswald of Worcester
Romanus of Condat
Rufinus
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))
Eastern Orthodox
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Apostles of the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus (1st c.)
Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, Bishop of Magydos, at Perge in Pamphylia (c. 250)
Martyrs Macarius, Rufinus, Justus and Theophilus, in Rome (250)
Martyrs Caerellius, Publius, Gaius, and Serapion, in Alexandria
Holy 6 Martyrs in Alexandria, Egypt
Martyr Abercius, by the sword
Saints Marina and Kyra, and Domnica, nuns, of Beroea (Aleppo) in Syria (c. 450)
Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457)
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius, at Decapolis
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (c. 415)
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius (Barsus of Damascus), of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.)
Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.)
Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic
Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Romanus of Condat, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains, Gaul (460)
Saint Hilary (Hilarus), Pope of Rome (468)[8][note 6]
Saint Llibio, the patron-saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales (6th c.)
Saint Maidoc (Madoc), Bishop, Llanmadog in Wales was named after him (6th c.)
Saint Ruellinus (Ruellin), successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany (6th c.)
Saint Sillan (Silvanus), a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland,
and his second successor as abbot there (c. 610)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (992)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Yaroslav the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Holy 40,000 Martyrs, under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (13th c.)
Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576)
New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki (1751)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.)
Saint Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th c.)
Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Metropolitan of Rostov, Confessor (1772)
Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1840)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)
Other commemorations
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Antioch (1092)Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Abercius (martyr)
Hilarius
Mar Abba
Oswald of Worcester
Romanus of Condat
Rufinus
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))
Eastern Orthodox
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Apostles of the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus (1st c.)
Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, Bishop of Magydos, at Perge in Pamphylia (c. 250)
Martyrs Macarius, Rufinus, Justus and Theophilus, in Rome (250)
Martyrs Caerellius, Publius, Gaius, and Serapion, in Alexandria
Holy 6 Martyrs in Alexandria, Egypt
Martyr Abercius, by the sword
Saints Marina and Kyra, and Domnica, nuns, of Beroea (Aleppo) in Syria (c. 450)
Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457)
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius, at Decapolis
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (c. 415)
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius (Barsus of Damascus), of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.)
Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.)
Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic
Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Romanus of Condat, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains, Gaul (460)
Saint Hilary (Hilarus), Pope of Rome (468)[8][note 6]
Saint Llibio, the patron-saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales (6th c.)
Saint Maidoc (Madoc), Bishop, Llanmadog in Wales was named after him (6th c.)
Saint Ruellinus (Ruellin), successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany (6th c.)
Saint Sillan (Silvanus), a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland,
and his second successor as abbot there (c. 610)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (992)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Yaroslav the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Holy 40,000 Martyrs, under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (13th c.)
Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576)
New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki (1751)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.)
Saint Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th c.)
Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Metropolitan of Rostov, Confessor (1772)
Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1840)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)
Other commemorations
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
"Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)
Malankara Orthodox
Commemoration of Mar Aprem Malpan and Mar Theodoros
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