HistorybyGeo

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February 21rst,1765. The wonder kid of music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, plays publicly in London his first symphony, which he wrote at eight years old.

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February 20th,1472. The Danish islands Orkney and Setland pass to the Scottish king Jacob the Third due to his wedding with the Danish princess Margaret.

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February 19th,1942. The Japanese air fleet,under the command of Mitsuo Foutsida attacked the Australian city of Darwin. It was the largest foreign attack that has ever been taken place in Australia, although the Japanese didn't invade the island.

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February 18th,1898. One of the best drivers of the 20th century and founder of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari is born. He didn't only manage to win multiple races but created a company which 80 years later is still at the top.

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February 17th,1863. The Swiss humanitarian Henry Dunant with four other men founded the international first aid committee , which later became famous as the Red Cross. It's flag is exactly the opposite of the Swiss, cause all of them were from Geneva.

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February 16th,1923. The archeologist Howard Carter opens the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamen. The tomb was found in the valley of the kings and inside it were three sarcophagus, the one inside the other. The last sarcophagus,were Tutankhamen was,was made completely out of pure gold.

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February 15th, 399 B.C. One of the best philosophers this world has ever seen , Socrates, is sentenced to death for impiety and for corruption of the youth. This might be the darkest page of ancient Greece's history.

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February 14th,1942. Singapore surrenders to the Japanese.Winston Churchill said that it was the biggest disaster of British history. It may not be the biggest disaster but it surely was the biggest mass surrender in England's history.

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February 13th,1945. More than 700 American and British airplanes threw 500 tones of explosive bombs and 200.000 incendiaries bombs over the city of Dresden. During the three day bombardment 25.000 civilians lost their lives and 2.5 square miles were destroyed.

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February 12th,1554. Lady Jane Grey, commonly known as the Nine Day Queen was executed be decapitation at just 17 years old. She was crowned on July 10th and nine days later imprisoned at the Tower of London.

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February 11th,1990. After almost three decades in prison, the most active defender of South Africa's independence, Nelson Mandela finally released, holding his wife's hand. Later he crushed apartheid and became Madiba(father of the nation).

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February 10th,1567. The second husband of queen Mary of Scots; Henry Stuart is brutally murdered in his house in Edinburg. At his basement were placed many barrels filled with gunpowder. He managed to survive the explosion but was strangled later in his garden, near a pear tree.

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February 9th,1946.Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin gave his first major public speech in national radio after the end of W.W.2. For many this radio speech meant the start of the Cold War.

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February 8th,1904.While the Russian fleet anchored in Port Arthur, at night a group of Japanese destroyers attacked them. This attack on the Manchurian port started the Russo-Japanese war. The war ended with a Japanese victory. The loss meant the decline of the Russian Empire.

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February 7th,1569. The Spanish Holly Inquisition is established in north America. This cruel and fearsome organization which terrored Europe for decades is now expanding in the American continent under king Filip the Second of Spain.

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February 6th, 1918.On this day in England women over 30 got the right of vote. The only prerequisite was to satisfy the minimum ownership clause. It was the first step of gender equality in England.

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February 5th,1885. King Leopold the Second of Belgium; also known as the Builder King ,founded the Congo Free State. It lasted till 1908 , one year before Leopold's death.

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February 3rd,1959. Buddy Holly,J.P. Richardson and Ritchie Valens are found dead in a crashed plane near Clear Lake, 8 kilometers from the airport. At that time they were having a tour in the west and that was their last performance.

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February 4th,1945.The Big three; W. Churchill, F.D. Roosevelt and J. Stalin met in Yalta to discuss the future of Europe. It was the last conference of the Big three. There was negotiated the fate of Poland and the influence zones of the Balkans and Germany.