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February 1 in history

236 sourced entries recorded on February 1, from 583 CE to 2023 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 907Nicholas I Mystikos is deposed as Patriarch of Constanstinople, (having fallen out with the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI), and is replaced by Euthymius I Syncellus.source
  • 997Empress Teishi gives birth to Princess Shushi - she is the first child of the emperor, but because of the power struggle between Michinaga and Korechika, the empress is not allowed to go to the palace.source
  • 1148A small Crusader fleet of Genoese and English ships sets sail from Lisbon for the Holy Land. The Anglo-Flemish Crusader fleet takes Oran.source
  • 1317Manuel Pessanha of Genoa is appointed as the first Chief Admiral of Portugal (Almirante-mor) by King Denis, and charged with organizing a permanent navy for the kingdom, with 20 warships and hiring Genoese captains to recruit sailors. The organization of the Portuguese Royal Navy is completed by December 12.source
  • 1327The coronation of King Edward III as ruler of England takes place at Westminster Abbey with the approval of the English Parliament. Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury, places the crown upon the new King.source
  • 1329King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.source
  • 1371War of the Lüneburg Succession: In what is now the state of Lower Saxony in north Germany, after the Duke of Brunswick, Magnus Torquatus, attempts to claim his inheritance to rule of the Principality of Lüneburg, residents of the town of Lüneburg destroy the ducal castle that had been owned by the late Prince Wilhelm, and Brunswick relocates his residence to the town of Celle.source
  • 1381Sir Robert Hales is appointed by King Richard II of England as the new Lord High Treasurer, replacing Thomas de Brantingham in an office that will eventually cost him his life. Because Hales administers the collection of taxes, including the new poll tax passed into law by Brantingham,source
  • 1386Meeting at Lublin, the nobles of Poland elect Grand Duke Jogaila as King of Poland.source
  • 1394Sikandar Shah is crowned Sultan in a ceremony at Delhi.source
  • 1411The First Peace of Thorn is signed at Thorn (modern-day Torun in Poland) in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The Knights cede the region of Dobrzyń Land to the Kingdom of Poland. Thus, the Teutonic Order suffered virtually no territorial losses – a great diplomatic achievement after the crushing defeat in the Battle of Grunwald the previous year.source
  • 1422The Peace of Groningen is signed in the Dutch city of the same name with 94 chieftains of rebels and Allies agreeing to preserve the Frisian right to self-government as well as barring foreign lords from Frisian land and bringing an end to the Great Frisian War after nine years.source
  • 1424While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to Joan Beaufort in London, with a ceremony taking place at Southwark Cathedral.source
  • 1453Al-Mansur Fakhr al-Din Uthman becomes the new Sultan of Egypt and Syria upon the abdication of his father, the Sultan Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq, but will reign for only six weeks.source
  • 1492The Titulus Crucis relic is discovered, during the renovation of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Church in Rome.source
  • 1501The Duchy of Bavaria-Dachau, created in Germany in 1467 after Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria was granted his own state following his resignation from the throne of the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich, reverts to Bavaria-Munich's control upon Sigismund's death.source
  • 1563Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia at age 14.source
  • 1614In Japan, the practice of Christianity is banned, and an edict is issued for the expulsion of all foreign missionaries.source
  • 1616James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him de facto poet laureate.source
  • 1650The French verse play Andromède, commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin, written by Pierre Corneille and with elaborate sets designed by Giacomo Torelli, premieres before the royal family at the Théâtre Royal de Bourbon.source
  • 1662Siege of Fort Zeelandia concludes with Dutch forces in Taiwan surrendering to Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)source
  • 1662Chinese general Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) captures the Dutch East India Company's settlement at Fort Zeelandia (now Tainan) on the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege, ending the company's rule on the island, then establishes the Kingdom of Tungning. In response, the Kangxi Emperor of the mainland Qing dynasty relocates all residents along the southern coast, by 50 miles.source
  • 1666The joint English and Scottish royal court returns to London as the Great Plague of London subsides.source
  • 1666royal court returns to London as the Great Plague of London subsides.source
  • 1671The Tsar Alexis of Russia marries Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, who gives birth 16 months later to the future Peter the Great.source
  • 1693the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars are raised by Colonel Henry Conyngham as Conyngham's dragoons.source
  • 1699the Parliament of England requires the disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.source
  • 1702War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Cremona: The Duc de Villeroy, commander of the French Army, is taken as a prisoner of war by the Austrian Army.source
  • 1709February 1 or 2 – During his first voyage, Captain Woodes Rogers encounters marooned privateer Alexander Selkirk, and rescues him after four years living on one of the Juan Fernández Islands, inspiring Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. After sacking Guayaquil, he and Selkirk will visit the Galápagos Islands.source
  • 1713Skirmish at Bender, Moldova: Charles XII of Sweden is defeated by the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1717The Silent Sejm, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth.source
  • 1746Jagat Singh II, the ruler of the Mewar Kingdom, inaugurates his Lake Palace on the island of Jag Niwas in Lake Pichola, in what is now the state of Rajasthan in northwest India.source
  • 1749two princes of Anamaboe who have been taken prisoners and made slaves are presented to King George II of Great Britain. The British government has paid their ransoms and they are placed in the care of the Earl of Halifax.source
  • 1763The colonial authorities in the Province of North Carolina establish Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III in 1761.source
  • 1770Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virginia is destroyed by fire, along with most of his books.source
  • 1788Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent a steamboat.source
  • 1788Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat in Georgia.source
  • 1790In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.source
  • 1793French Revolutionary Wars: The French First Republic declares war on Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and (on March 7) Spain. During the year, the War of the First Coalition is joined by Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire, Naples and Tuscany in opposition to France.source
  • 1796The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.source
  • 1796protests over the price of bread culminate in Queen Charlotte being hit by a stone as she and King George return from a trip to the theatre.source
  • 1796Wolfe Tone arrives in France.source
  • 1801The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway: 883,603 inhabitants in Norway.source
  • 1811Bell Rock Lighthouse begins operation off the coast of Scotland.source
  • 1811John Oxley is appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales.source
  • 1814War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of La Rothière: Blücher's Allied army defeats the French under Napoleon.source
  • 1814Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts for the second time; more than 1,200 people die and the Cagsawa Church is destroyed.source
  • 1814Lord Byron's semi-autobiographical tale in verse The Corsair is published by John Murray in London, and sells 10,000 copies on this day.source
  • 1819Sultan Hussein (then known as Tungku Long) arrives from Riau.source
  • 1825windstorm passes over Scotland with winds around 140 kn.source
  • 1835Slavery is finally abolished in British-administered Mauritius, with compensation to slaveowners.source
  • 1842The first settlers arrive in Nelson aboard the Fifeshire.source
  • 1842The modern-day Willamette University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the western United States, is established in Salem, Oregon as "The Oregon Institute". The first students begin classes begin on August 13, 1844.source
  • 1845Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, signs the charter officially creating Baylor University (the oldest university in the U.S. state of Texas that still operates under its original name).source
  • 1845Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, signs the charter officially creating Baylor University in present-day Waco, which becomes the oldest university in the State of Texas operating under its original name.source
  • 1849The abolition of the Corn Laws by the United Kingdom's Importation Act 1846 comes fully into effect.source
  • 1851Brandtaucher, the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully.source
  • 1856Auburn University is first chartered, as the East Alabama Male College.source
  • 1861Texas secedes from the Union.source
  • 1862American Civil War: Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.source
  • 1862Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.source
  • 1864Beginning of Second Schleswig Warsource
  • 1868At the bridge over the Severn at Caersws an approach embankment, damaged by flood water, collapses under a train. The driver and fireman are killed.source
  • 1870Goodna State School in Goodna, Queensland, Australia, is founded.source
  • 1871The Daily Telegraph begins publishing in Napier. It continues until 1999, when it merges with The Hawke's Bay Herald Tribune to form Hawke's Bay Today.source
  • 1884A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1 (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become The Oxford English Dictionary, is published in England.source
  • 1890Cape Western – Somerset West to Sir Lowry's Pass Village, 5 mi 20 ch.source
  • 1893Murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo, former mayor of Palermo and former director general of the Banco di Sicilia by the Sicilian Mafia. Raffaele Palizzolo, a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, was regarded as the mastermind of the assassination. The series of trials over the following decade split Sicilian society in two and astonished public opinion. The conviction of Palizzolo in August 1902, would be hailed as a big blow against the Mafia. The Assize Court in Bologna convicted Palizzolo and two others to 30 years of imprisonment.source
  • 1893Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey.source
  • 1896Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premieres in Turin, Italy.source
  • 1899The Suntory whisky distiller and worldwide alcoholic and soft drink brand of Japan is established by Shinjiro Torii in Osaka as a store selling imported wines.source
  • 1899Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Osaka.source
  • 1899Ranavalona III, who had been the Queen of Madagascar until being deposed on February 28, 1897, is sent into exile by English colonial authorities, along with the rest of the royal family.source
  • 1905Free State – Springfontein to Jagersfontein, 48 mi 13 ch.source
  • 1905U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising from a scandal involving land grants in the state and illegally using his influence for private clients.source
  • 1908The Lisbon Regicide, assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugalsource
  • 1908Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Prince Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.source
  • 1910A coal mine explosion at the Browder Coal Company in Drakesboro, Kentucky kills 34 miners.source
  • 1912Strathcona merges with Edmonton, Albertasource
  • 1913New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station.source
  • 1915William Fox creates the Fox Film Corporation.source
  • 1915Fox Film is founded.source
  • 1917WWI: Atlantic U-boat Campaign: Germany announces its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare, rescinding the Sussex Pledge'.source
  • 1917Georg Andreas Bull, architect and chief building inspector (born 1829)source
  • 1918USDP representatives in Bavaria, including Kurt Eisner, are arrested for their involvement in the Januarstreik.source
  • 1919Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Valga and Võru, expelling the Red Army from the entire territory of Estonia.source
  • 1920The Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police are amalgamated and renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.source
  • 1920The South African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world, after the British Royal Air Force (RAF).source
  • 1920The South African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world after the Royal Air Force (RAF).source
  • 1920Japanese sugar plantation workers in Hawaii officially join a strike led by Filipinos and Hispanic workers.source
  • 1923The Lautaro de Buin football club is established.source
  • 1925January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.source
  • 1926Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch; it is only affordable for four more years.source
  • 1933Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.source
  • 1935Hagia Sophia is converted into a museum.source
  • 1937The 1937 New Year Honours are announced.source
  • 1937The Aliens Act No. 1 is promulgated, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union of South Africa and regulating the right of any person to assume a surname.source
  • 1937January 31 – February 2: The 25th Congress of the Polish Socialist Party takes place in Radom. Four people die in a rail crash near Mikołów,source
  • 1942Chilean presidential election, 1942 is held giving Juan Antonio Rios elected as President of the Republic.source
  • 1942WWII: The Kriegsmarine introduces the M4 (German Navy 4-rotor) Enigma machine for U-boat traffic, blinding Allied cryptanalysts to their radio signals for most of the year.source
  • 1942WWII: Marshalls–Gilberts raids: Admiral William Halsey Jr sends airstrikes from the carrier USS Enterprise against Kwajalein, Taroa, Wotje in the Marshall Islands. At the same time, cruisers and destroyers bombard Taroa and Wotje. The strikes inflict light to moderate damage on the three islands' naval garrisons, sink three warships and damage several others, including the light cruiser Katori and damage 15 Japanese aircraft. Further south, the carrier USS Yorktown attacks Jaluit, Mili and Makin in the Gilbert Islands. They inflict moderate damage to the Japanese naval installations and destroy three aircraft.source
  • 1942Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", starting the Yan'an Rectification Movement in the Chinese Communist Party.source
  • 19441944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake (north west Anatolia) 3959 deathssource
  • 1946The Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic, heavily influenced by the Soviet Union.source
  • 1948The Federation of Malaya was established, replacing the Malayan Union.source
  • 1948The Soviet Union begins to jam Voice of America broadcasts.source
  • 1949The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macapá is established as Territorial Prelature of Macapá from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém.source
  • 1950Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as president of the Republic of China.source
  • 1951February 1–2 – The 1951 Nepalese revolution leads to agreement for a democratic constitution.source
  • 1951The United Nations General Assembly declares that China is an aggressor in the Korean War, in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 498.source
  • 1953January 31–February 1 – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 1,836 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland), 307 in the United Kingdom, and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry MV Princess Victoria in the Irish Sea.source
  • 1953The surge of the North Sea flood continues from the previous day.source
  • 1958Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic.source
  • 1959Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party loses 5 seats, while the Democratic Party gains five.source
  • 1959A referendum takes place rejecting suffrage rights for women in Federal elections.source
  • 1959The establishment of National Science Council.source
  • 1960The Housing and Development Board is set up by Lim Kim San, replacing the Singapore Improvement Trust. The Planning Authority takes over SIT's functions of land use in Singapore.source
  • 1960Greensboro sit-ins: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar non-violent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter.source
  • 1961The United States tests its first Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile.source
  • 1963Two airplanes collided over Ankara. 87 deathssource
  • 1964January 29 – February 9 – The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.source
  • 1964Eli Ohana, Israeli football manager and former football player.source
  • 1966Around 2,600 political prisoners are released by East Germany, in return for "donations" worth approximately $10,000 a head from West Germany.source
  • 1967Higashiosaka city start by three cities, Fuse (布施), Kawachi (河内) and Hiraoka (枚岡) mergered in Osaka Prefecture.source
  • 1968The Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad merge to form Penn Central, the largest ever corporate merger up to this date.source
  • 1968Jacob van der Hoeden (born 1891), Dutch-born Israeli veterinary scientist.source
  • 1968Vietnam War: Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém – A Viet Cong officer is summarily executed by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The event is photographed by Eddie Adams. The photo makes headlines around the world, eventually winning the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and sways U.S. public opinion against the war.source
  • 1970The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236.source
  • 1970The establishment of Institute of Economics of the Academia Sinica.source
  • 1974Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is declared a Federal Territory.source
  • 1974Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.source
  • 1974A fire at the Joelma Building in São Paulo kills 177 people and injures 293; 11 die later of their injuries.source
  • 1976Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976source
  • 1978Film director Roman Polanski skips bail in the United States and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.source
  • 1980The opening of Dong-ao Station, Hanben Station and Wuta Station of Taiwan Railways Administration in Nan'ao Township, Yilan County.source
  • 1982Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation.source
  • 1985The Small Claims Tribunal is established as part of the Subordinate Courts (present day State Courts of Singapore), which mainly deals with small claims.source
  • 1989In Australia, Joan Kirner becomes Victoria's first female Deputy Premier, after the resignation of Robert Fordham over the VEDC (Victorian Economic Development Co-operation) Crisis.source
  • 1989The Malaysian National Speed Limit was enforced.source
  • 1991USAir Flight 1493 collides with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 34 people.source
  • 1991A 6.4 Mb Hindu Kush earthquake causes severe damage in northeast Afghanistan, leaving 848 dead and 200 injured.source
  • 1994Radio Singapore International (RSI) is launched as Singapore's first international shortwave radio station.source
  • 1997The Poznań Fast Tram was opened.source
  • 2003At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.source
  • 2004Two suicide bombings are carried out by al-Qaeda in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.source
  • 2004Janet Jackson suffers a wardrobe malfunction during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII.source
  • 2008Minister of health announces the country is at major risk for a Meningitis outbreak due to lack of preparation.source
  • 2009Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church following the death of his predecessor, Alexy II in 2008.source
  • 2009Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the world's first openly lesbian head of government.source
  • 2010February - Kenyan Serie A player McDonald Mariga moves from Parma to Intersource
  • 2012Egypt's deadliest football incident known as the Port Said Stadium riot is sparked after local Port Said Al Masry fans attack supporters of Cairo-based team Al Ahly SC. The massacre results in 74 deaths: 72 Al Ahly fans, 1 Al Masry fan and 1 police officer. Most of the deaths are caused by stabbing, fans thrown off the stands and a stampede.source
  • 2015Testing of the Addis Ababa Light Rail, the first light railway in Sub-Saharan Africa, begins.source
  • 2018United States lawmakers nominate Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow and other contributors to the Umbrella Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize.source
  • 2019U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance. The next day, Russia follows suit with suspension of its obligations to the treaty.source
  • 2021Kosovo officially establishes diplomatic ties with Israel and announces plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem.source
  • 2021A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule leading to widespread demonstrations across the country.source
  • 2021COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 100 million.source
  • 2022The Tanzanite Bridge is officially openedsource
  • 2023Lebanese liquidity crisis: The central bank of Lebanon devalues the Lebanese pound by 90% amid an ongoing financial crisis.source
  • 2023Jamaica implements the Road Traffic Act 2018 and a digitised Traffic Ticket Management System; pre-2018 tickets are nullified, and points for later tickets are expunged if paid.source
  • 2023February 1 – February 11: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.source

Births

  • 1261Walter de Stapledon, English bishop of Exeter (died 1326)source
  • 1300Bolko II of Ziębice, Polish nobleman and knight (died 1341)source
  • 1435Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (died 1472)source
  • 1447Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (died 1504)source
  • 1462Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516)source
  • 1546Mogami Yoshiaki, Japanese daimyō of the Yamagata domain (died 1614)source
  • 1550February 1 John Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617)source
  • 1550John Napier, physicist, astronomer and mathematician, discoverer of logarithms (died 1617)source
  • 1552Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (died 1634)source
  • 1561Henry Briggs, British mathematician (died 1630)source
  • 1566Marie of the Incarnation, French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (died 1618)source
  • 1566Marie of the Incarnation, Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (died 1618)source
  • 1580Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English noble (died 1629)source
  • 1605Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese Sephardic rabbi (died 1693)source
  • 1659Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer (died 1729)source
  • 1663Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino religious sister (died 1748)source
  • 1666Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (died 1732)source
  • 1690Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (died 1768)source
  • 1707Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1751)source
  • 1707Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of the future George II of Great Britain (died 1751)source
  • 1758David Ochterlony, Massachusetts-born general with the East India Company (died 1825)source
  • 1761Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (died 1836)source
  • 1780David Porter, American naval officer (died 1843)source
  • 1800Brian Houghton Hodgson, English civil servant (died 1894)source
  • 1801Thomas Cole, American artist (died 1848)source
  • 1833Eiríkur Magnússon, scholar.source
  • 1859Victor Herbert, Irish-born composer (Babes In Toyland) (died 1924)source
  • 1884Bradbury Robinson, American football player, who threw the first forward pass in American football history (died 1949)source
  • 1894John Ford, American film director (died 1973)source
  • 1901Clark Gable, American actor (died 1960)source
  • 1912Hsin Wen-bing, politician, Mayor of Taipei (1960–1964) and member of the Legislative Yuan (1973–1981).source
  • 1915Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (died 2000)source
  • 1931Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of Russia (died 2007)source
  • 1931Boris Yeltsin, first President of Russia (died 2007)source
  • 1979Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, cross-country skiersource
  • 1987Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert, actress and professional wrestlersource
  • 2012Athena Calica, wushu practitioner, daughter of 2001 Southeast Asian Games winner Jerome Calica and contestant in It's Showtime's Mini Miss Usource

Deaths

  • 583Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (born 524)source
  • 656King Sigebert III of Austrasia, age 25, dies after a 22-year reign. His 5-year-old son Dagobert II is kidnapped by the court chancellor, Grimoald the Elder, who makes his own son king, and exiles him to an Irish monastery. Dagobert is placed with Bishop Dido of Poitiers, while Grimoald's son Childebert the Adopted assumes the Austrasian throne.source
  • 850Ramiro I, king of Asturiassource
  • 850King Ramiro I dies in his palace at Santa María del Naranco (near Oviedo), after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Ordoño I, as ruler of Asturias.source
  • 992Jawhar al-Siqilli, Fatimid generalsource
  • 1072Lý Thánh Tông, Vietnamese emperor (born 1023)source
  • 1093Abul Hasan Hankari, Abbasid scholar (born 1018)source
  • 1135Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk ruler (born 1113)source
  • 1198Walram I (of Laurenburg), German noblemansource
  • 1222Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizondsource
  • 1230Matsudono Motofusa, Japanese noblemansource
  • 1248Henry II, Dutch nobleman and knight (born 1207)source
  • 1281February 1 or 17 – Bruno von Schauenburg, German bishop, advisor and diplomatsource
  • 1308Herman I the Tall Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (and co-ruler of Brandenburg with Otto IV), dies and is succeeded as Margrave by his son John V.source
  • 1325Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq is murdered after a 5-year reign at Kara-Manikpur. He is succeeded by his son Muhammad bin Tughluq (Juna Khan) as ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.source
  • 1328King Charles IV of France (born 1294)source
  • 1478Cristoforo della Rovere, Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1434)source
  • 1552Charles de Solier, comte de Morette, soldier and diplomat (born 1480)source
  • 1563Emperor Menas of Ethiopia (fever) (born 1559)source
  • 1691Pope Alexander VIII, pope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691 (born 1610)source
  • 1705Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, first Queen consort in Prussia as wife of King Frederick I (born 1668)source
  • 1718Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (born 1660)source
  • 1733King Augustus II the Strong of Poland (born 1670)source
  • 1736James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, English politician (born 1664)source
  • 1749Françoise Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Louis XIV (born 1677)source
  • 1761Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (born 1682)source
  • 1768Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (born 1685)source
  • 1803Anders Chydenius, Finnish priest, politician (born 1729)source
  • 1803María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda, scholar (born 1768)source
  • 1850Abraham Lincoln’s second son, Edward Baker Lincoln, died at the age of three after 52 days for struggling with tuberculosis (consumption) before his fourth birthday in Springfield, Illinois.source
  • 1851Mary Shelley, English author (born 1797)source
  • 1886Juan Esteban Pedernera, acting president in 1861 (born 1796)source
  • 1903Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician, physicist (born 1819)source
  • 1908Carlos I of Portugal, king (born 1863)source
  • 1932Farabundo Martí was executed by a firing squad by the Armed Forces in Izalco for his role in the uprising.source
  • 1950Pierre Prüm, politician and Prime Ministersource
  • 1966Buster Keaton, American actor and film director (born 1895)source
  • 1976Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)source