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February 9 in history

228 sourced entries recorded on February 9, from 249 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 474Zeno, father of Leo II, is crowned as co-emperor (Augustus). He rules the empire together with his son, and stabilises the Eastern frontier.source
  • 951The Northern Han Kingdom is founded by Liu Chong (called Shizu) in modern-day Shanxi who restores the diplomatic relations with the Khitans. Northern Han becomes a protectorate of the Liao dynasty.source
  • 999The Mogi Ceremony of Fujiwara no Shoshi is held (she later becomes empress).source
  • 1003Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Duke Bolesław I (the Brave) of Poland. The following months, Boleslaus' brothers Jaromír and Oldřich flee to Germany and place themselves under the protection of King Henry II, while Boleslaus orders the massacre of his Bohemian leading nobles at Vyšehrad.source
  • 1098Battle of the Lake of Antioch: The Crusaders under Bohemond I defeat a Seljuk relief force (some 12,000 men) led by Sultan Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan of Aleppo. Bohemond gathers 700 knights, and marches in the night to ambush the Seljuk Turks at the Lake of Antioch (modern Turkey). After several successful cavalry charges the Crusaders rout the Seljuk army, forcing Radwan to retreat back to Aleppo.source
  • 1232Battle of Sanfengshan: The Mongol army (some 50,000 warriors) defeats the Chinese Jin forces near Yuzhou. General Subutai successfully wipes out the last field army of the Jin dynasty – therefore sealing its fate of falling to the Mongol Empire. During the encounter, also called the Battle of the Three-Peak Mountain, Emperor Aizong of Jin orders the Jin army (some 150,000 men) to intercept the Mongols. The Jin soldiers are constantly harassed by small groups of Mongol cavalry on the way. When they arrive at Sanfeng Mountain, the Jin army is hungry and exhausted by heavy snowfall. The Jin forces are quickly defeated by the Mongols and flee in all directions.source
  • 1289Sultan Qalawun (the Victorious) marches the Mamluk army out of Cairo, leaving his son Al-Ashraf Khalil commanding Cairo's Citadel, supported by Viceroy Baydara al-Mansuri. The army moves via Salihiya, across Sinai and through Jordan to Damascus. He orders the regional governors of Syria to mobilize in Damascus, where many infantry volunteers have assembled.source
  • 1304War of Scottish Independence: Scottish nobles led by Robert the Bruce and John Comyn ("John the Red"), negotiate a peace treaty with King Edward I of England ("Edward Longshanks"). His terms are accepted, and the Scots submit to English rule. In return, they are granted life and liberty under their old laws and freedom from the forfeiture of their lands. A few prominent nobles are singled out for temporary banishment – among them John de Soules, guardian of Scotland, who is exiled to France. No terms are offered to William Wallace, Edward's most wanted enemy, who remains defiantly at large despite every effort of Edward to capture him.source
  • 1307Battle of Loch Ryan: Thomas de Brus and Alexander de Brus sail with an invasion force of 1,000 men and 18 galleys, into the harbor at Loch Ryan. But they are defeated by rival Scots under Dungal MacDouall. During the attack, only two galleys escape and all the leaders are captured.source
  • 1310At Dublin, acting in his capacity as Lord of Ireland, King Edward II of England (as Éadbhard II Shasana, Tiarna Éireann) opens the first session of the Parliament of Ireland during his administration. The Irish Parliament will hold 14 sessions before being dismissed in 1326.source
  • 13109 February Parliament at Kilkenny. Law passed against reception of Irishmen as members of Anglo-Irish religious housessource
  • 1416Sigismund, King of Germany, creates the independent Duchy of Savoy with Count Amadeus the Peaceful becoming the first Duke of Savoy and taking the regnal title Amadeus VIII.source
  • 1466Gabriel VI is elected as the new Pope of the Coptic Christian Church, succeeding the late Matthew II.source
  • 1484Philippe Pot delivers a speech calling for reforms in the government structure of France, alarming the royal government.source
  • 1484At the Estates General, the nobleman Philippe Pot, representative of the Second Estate, delivers a famous speech calling upon reforms in the structure of government of France. His speech is successful in persuading the Estates to endorse the continuing regency of Anne and Pierre Beaujeu, but also leads to numerous recommendations for reform and alarms the royal government.source
  • 1485The Adana campaign begins when the Mamluk Sultanate, based in the Middle East, begins a siege to recover the city of Adana (now in Turkey), recently captured by the Ottoman Empire. General Uzbek min Tutuh, Governor of Damascus, leads the Mamluk troopssource
  • 1498Leonardo da Vinci completes his painting The Last Supper, on the refectory wall of Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie Convent. Because the location is a thin exterior wall, the effects of humidity and moisture-retaining rock behind the wall begin to cause the painting to deteriorate.source
  • 1499The Treaty of Blois is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Republic of Venice as a secret military alliance between the two nations to attack the Duchy of Milan.source
  • 1499Treaty of Blois signed between France and Venice. This would lead to the Second Italian Warsource
  • 15069 February and 20 March – Treaties of Windsor ally England, Burgundy, and the Habsburgs against France. These are signed by Philip while held by Henry VII at Windsor Castlesource
  • 1506Henry, Prince of Wales is made a Knight of the Golden Fleece by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.source
  • 1507The crew of the Portuguese ship Cirne, commanded by Diogo Fernandes Pereira, become the first Europeans to sight the Indian ocean island of Réunion, and name it Santa Apolonia.source
  • 1526In Guatemala, a group of 16 deserters from the Spanish colonial army destroy Iximche, the capital of the indigenous kingdom of the Mayan Kaqchikel people, and burn the palace of the Ahpo Xahilsource
  • 1539The first horse race is held at Chester Racecourse, the oldest still in use in England.source
  • 1554Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.source
  • 1573Croatian troops, led by General Alapic, defeat the peasant rebellion in the Battle of Stubica, then begin a violent campaign of vengeance against the conquered rebels. Rebellion leaders Matija Gubec and Ivan Pasanec are taken as prisoners of war for a trial for treason at Zagreb.source
  • 1606Queirós and his crew discover Mehetia, followed three days later by the Tauere atoll.source
  • 1621Papal Conclave of 1621: Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V, as the 234th pope.source
  • 1633the Duchy of Hesse-Cassel captures Dorsten from the Electorate of Cologne without resistance.source
  • 1640Ibrahim I succeeds his brother Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; he will rule until his death in 1648.source
  • 1649Eikon Basilike: the Pourtrature of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, purporting to be the spiritual autobiography of Charles I, is published.source
  • 1654Spanish troops led by Don Gabriel de Rojas y Figueroa succeed in the capture of Fort Rocher, a pirate-controlled base on the Caribbean island of Tortuga.source
  • 1670Christian V becomes King of Denmark and Norwaysource
  • 1670Christian V becomes the king of Denmark-Norway upon the death of his father, Frederick III.source
  • 16749 February (19 February New Style) – England and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Westminster ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War.source
  • 1682Thomas Otway's classic play Venice Preserv'd or A Plot Discover'd is given its first performance, premiering at the Duke's Theatre.source
  • 1714Russian victory at the Battle of Storkyro. As a result, all of Finland fell under Russian military occupation for the rest of the war, a seven-year period of hardship known in Finland as the Great Wrath.source
  • 1715An advertisement appears in the London Gazette for the first St David's Day dinner in London, to be followed by a sermon given by Rev George Lewis.source
  • 1732The Swedish East India Company begins its profitable first expedition to China, departing Gothenburg on the ship Friedericus Rex Sueciae under the command of Colin Campbell.source
  • 1757The Nawab and General Clive sign the Treaty of Alinagar, with Bengal compensating the British East India Company for its losses and pledging respect for British control of India.source
  • 1775American Revolution: The Parliament of Great Britain declares the Province of Massachusetts Bay to be in rebellion.source
  • 1785Sir Warren Hastings, who has been governing India on behalf of King George III as the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (later British India), resigns. Sir John Macpherson administers British India until General Charles Cornwallis arrives 19 months later.source
  • 1788The Colony of New South Wales is formally proclaimed, with Phillip sworn in as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief.source
  • 1788Austria enters the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92), and attacks Moldavia.source
  • 1796The Qianlong Emperor of China abdicates at age 84 to make way for his son, the Jiaqing Emperor.source
  • 1797Sydney Cove wrecked off Tasmania. Some of the crew manage to reach Sydney more than 600 km away, leading to the rescue of other members of the crew.source
  • 1799Quasi-War: In the single-ship action of USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente in the Caribbean, the American ship is the victor.source
  • 1801The Treaty of Lunéville ends the War of the Second Coalition between France and Austria. Under the terms of the treaty, all German territories left of the Rhine are officially annexed by France while Austria also has to recognize the Batavian, Helvetian, Cisalpine and Ligurian Republics.source
  • 1801The Treaty of Lunéville ends the War of the Second Coalition between France and Austria. Under the terms of the treaty, Aachen is officially annexed by France.source
  • 1809South Stack Lighthouse off Anglesey first illuminated.source
  • 1813Prussia abolishes the canton system.source
  • 1815A bill to give the speaker a salary of 1,000 pounds is read.source
  • 1821Columbian College in the District of Columbia is chartered by President James Monroe (it becomes George Washington University).source
  • 1821The George Washington University is chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia by President James Monroe.source
  • 1822The invading Haitian forces, led by Jean-Pierre Boyer, arrive in Santo Domingo, to overthrow the newly founded Dominican Republic.source
  • 1825After no presidential candidate receives a majority of United States Electoral College votes following the 1824 United States presidential election, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States in a contingent election.source
  • 1825After no presidential candidate receives a majority of U.S. Electoral College votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States in a contingent election.source
  • 1832The Florida Legislative Council grants a city charter for Jacksonville, Florida.source
  • 1832The city of Jacksonville, Florida receives its town charter from the legislative council of Florida Territory.source
  • 1850February 8–17 – Battle at Fort Utah: The Nauvoo Legion kills Timpanogos hostile to the Mormon settlement at Fort Utah on the orders of Brigham Young.source
  • 1870The U.S. Army Weather Bureau is created within the Army Signal Corps.source
  • 1871The United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries is founded.source
  • 1875John Robertson becomes Premier of New South Wales, replacing Henry Parkes.source
  • 1880the Theatre Royal, Dublin, burns to the ground.source
  • 1883Viceroy Lord Ripon's partial reversal of the Ilbert Bill (1883), a legislative measure that had proposed putting Indian judges in the Bengal Presidency on equal footing with British ones, that transformed the discontent into political action.source
  • 1885The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.source
  • 1886February 6–9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington.source
  • 1898publishing of the De Lôme Lettersource
  • 1902Fire levels 26 city blocks of Jersey City, New Jersey.source
  • 1904February 8–9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War.source
  • 1904Battle of Chemulpo Bay: a naval engagement at Chemulpo Bay in Korea between Russian and Japanese forces at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.source
  • 1905Prince A. Morrow begins the movement in the U.S. for sex education, with the founding of the Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis.source
  • 1907The "Mud March", the first large procession organised by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), takes place in London.source
  • 1910French liner General Chanzy sinks in the Mediterranean after striking rocks off Menorca, with only one survivor of the 157 on board.source
  • 1913Mexican Revolution: "La Decena Trágica", the rebellion of some military chiefs against the President Francisco I. Madero, begins.source
  • 1913Manuel Enrique Araujo was attacked with machetes and assassinated. Carlos Meléndez Ramírez became Provisional President.source
  • 1913February 9–19 — Ten Tragic Dayssource
  • 1916February 9 (6.00 p.m.) – Tristan Tzara "founds" the art movement Dadaism (according to Hans Arp).source
  • 1920The Svalbard Treaty, signed by members of the League of Nations in Paris, recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard (at this time called Spitzbergen), while giving the other signatories economic rights in the islands.source
  • 1923Billy Hughes, having resigned as Prime Minister of Australia, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party, is succeeded by Stanley Bruce. A Liberal–National Coalition will persist in the politics of Australia for at least 100 years.source
  • 1927Romania and Poland ratify the Treaty on Mutual Assistance against Aggression and on Military Aid, to build the Polish–Romanian alliance and protect against potential aggression from the Soviet Union.source
  • 1929"Litvinov's Pact" is signed in Moscow by the Soviet Union, Poland, Estonia, Romania and Latvia, who agree not to use force to settle disputes between themselves.source
  • 1929Litvinov's Pact is signed.source
  • 1933The King and Country debate: The Oxford Union student debating society in England passes a resolution stating, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and country."source
  • 1934Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France.source
  • 1934Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact.source
  • 1937Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.source
  • 1939Paul-Henri Spaak's coalition government falls apartsource
  • 1940Mae West and W. C. Fields join comedic forces for My Little Chickadee with tremendous success. The film becomes one of the highest-grossing of the year.source
  • 1940February 2–11 – Scheduled dates for the 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to Sapporo, Japan).source
  • 1943The Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattiesource
  • 1943WWII: The Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands ends with United States forces in command of Guadalcanal, the evacuation of Japanese forces in Operation Ke having been completed two days earlier.source
  • 1945February 4–11 – WWII: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold the Yalta Conference.source
  • 1945Ely Palmer, formerly with the foreign service at the Australian embassy, succeeds Cornelius Van H. Engert as U.S. minister at Kabul.source
  • 1945Walter Ulbricht becomes leader of the German Communists in Moscow.source
  • 1945Estvan Svend Aage Wehlast was shot by the Gestapo while resisting arrest.source
  • 1950In Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin makes a speech that claims to have 205 communists in the U.S. State Department.source
  • 1956The report of the Pospelov Commission is presented to the presidium.source
  • 1959Yugoslavia and Spain set trade relations (not diplomatic ones).source
  • 1964The Beatles perform for the first time for an American audience on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching Beatlemania in the United States, as part of The British Invasion.source
  • 1964January 29 – February 9 – The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.source
  • 1967The Pudahuel airport is officially inaugurated, replacing Los Cerrillos airport.source
  • 1968February 6–18 – The 1968 Winter Olympics are held in Grenoble, France.source
  • 1969The Boeing 747 "jumbo jet" is flown for the first time, taking off from the Boeing airfield at Everett, Washington.source
  • 1971Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.source
  • 1971Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.source
  • 1971The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.source
  • 1972The seventh sheikhdom, Ras al-Khaimah, joins the United Arab Emirates.source
  • 1972The 1972 Iran blizzard ended after seven days, during which as much as 26 feet of snow buried villages in northwestern, central and southern Iran. An estimated 4,000 people were killed, particularly in the area around Ardakan.source
  • 1972February 3–13 – The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.source
  • 1976The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.source
  • 1978The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.source
  • 1981Polish Prime Minister Józef Pińkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.source
  • 1982Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay due to thrust reversal on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 among the 174 people on board.source
  • 1984February 8–19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.source
  • 1985the total amount of loans made by the Taipei 10th Credit Corporation(臺北十信) accounted for 102% of the total deposits. In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of depositors, the Ministry of Finance ordered the cooperative to suspend business for three days, and temporarily took over the cooperation from the Taiwan Provincial Cooperative, strictly inspecting and rectifying the situation.source
  • 1985U.S. drug agent Kiki Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico by drug traffickers; his body is later discovered on March 5.source
  • 1986Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the Solar System in the 20th century (the first was in 1910).source
  • 1990The ADtranz low floor tram, the world's first completely low-floor tram, is introduced in Bremen.source
  • 1992Algerian Civil War: The government of Algeria declares a state of emergency and begins a crackdown on the Islamic Salvation Front.source
  • 1992Algerian Civil War: State of emergency announced by the government.source
  • 1994The Vance–Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.source
  • 1996An IRA ceasefire ends with the Docklands bombing in London's Canary Wharf District, killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage.source
  • 1996Disney formally finalizes its $19 billion acquisition of the ABC parent, Capital Cities/ABC Inc.source
  • 1996The element copernicium is created by fusing a 208 Pb nucleus with a 70 Zn nucleus, forming 278 Cn. Given the placeholder name "ununbium", the element is not named until 2010.source
  • 2000Torrential rains in Africa led to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.source
  • 2003The War in Darfur starts.source
  • 2003The 2003 Cricket World Cup begins. It is held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya, and it ends on March 23 with Australia defeating India in the final.source
  • 2006U.S. forces are searching for the USS Cole attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to Interpol, an al-Qaeda operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in Sana'a.source
  • 2015Aistė Diržiūtė becomes the first Lithuanian actress to win Shooting Stars Award.source
  • 2015Boko Haram launch a raid on a prison in the town of Diffa in Niger. Authorities repel the attack.source
  • 2018February 9–25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.source
  • 2020Kenya and Djibouti dispute over United Nations Security Council seat.source
  • 2020The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP) requests that foreigners be allowed to work in the country in order to promote economic development.source
  • 2021The UAE's uncrewed Hope spacecraft becomes the first Arabian mission successfully to enter orbit around Mars.source
  • 2021COVID-19 pandemic: A joint WHO–China investigation into the source of the outbreak concludes. Investigators deem a Wuhan laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in bats being a more likely origin.source
  • 2022The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, the UK, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record.source
  • 2023February 1 – February 11: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.source
  • 2025The Baltic states complete synchronization of their power grids with continental Europe's grid, disconnecting from Russia's grid.source

Births

  • 1060Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)source
  • 1256William de Warenne, English nobleman (died 1286)source
  • 1269Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman, knight and regent (died 1296)source
  • 1274Louis of Toulouse, French archbishop (died 1297)source
  • 1274Louis of Toulouse, French archbishop and Catholic saint (died 1297)source
  • 1313Maria of Portugal, queen consort of Castile (died 1357)source
  • 1320Catherine of Austria, German noblewoman (died 1349)source
  • 1344Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol (died 1363)source
  • 1420Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (died 1491)source
  • 1441Ali-Shir Nava'i, Central Asian poet, politician and writer (died 1501)source
  • 1489Georg Hartmann, German instrument maker (died 1564)source
  • 1584Francesco Maria Richini, Italian architect (died 1658)source
  • 1600Jean-Joseph Surin, French Jesuit writer (died 1665)source
  • 1612Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of the High Baroque (died 1666)source
  • 1619Queen Inseon, Korean royal consort (died 1674)source
  • 1651Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (died 1727)source
  • 1656Rose Venerini, Italian saint, educational pioneer (died 1728)source
  • 1666George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (died 1737)source
  • 1742David Davies, clergyman and author (died 1819)source
  • 1773William Henry Harrison, American military leader and ninth President of the United States (died 1841)source
  • 1796Thomas Tucker, English first-class cricketer (died 1832)source
  • 1814Samuel J. Tilden, 25th Governor of New York, 1876 Democratic Party Presidential Nominee (died 1886)source
  • 1826John A. Logan, American soldier, political leader (died 1886)source
  • 1832Adele Spitzeder, German actress, folk singer and confidence trickster (died 1895)source
  • 1838Sir Evelyn Wood, British field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1919)source
  • 1846Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (died 1929)source
  • 1854Edward Carson, Irish Unionist MP and barrister (died 1935)source
  • 1854Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist (died 1929)source
  • 1867Natsume Sōseki, novelist and writer (died 1916)source
  • 1897Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian aviator famous for his trans-Pacific flight (died 1935)source
  • 1909Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian actress, singer (died 1955)source
  • 1909Dean Rusk, American politician (died 1994)source
  • 1942Ada Lundver, actress (died 2011)source
  • 2021August Brooksbank, son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbanksource

Deaths

  • 249He Yan (or Pingshu), Chinese philosophersource
  • 249Huan Fan (or Yuanze), Chinese generalsource
  • 249Deng Yang (or Xuanmao), Chinese politiciansource
  • 249Bi Gui (or Zhaoxian), Chinese politiciansource
  • 249Cao Shuang, Chinese general and regentsource
  • 249Li Sheng (or Gongzhao), Chinese politiciansource
  • 731Zhang Yue, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 667)source
  • 966Ono no Michikaze (Ono no Tōfū), Japanese calligrapher, dies after having established the foundations of the 'Waystyle' of calligraphy while serving the imperial court at Heian-kyō (modern-day Kyoto).source
  • 966Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (born 894)source
  • 967Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir (born 916)source
  • 978Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandysource
  • 1011Bernard I, German noblemansource
  • 1014Yang Yanzhao, general of the Song dynastysource
  • 1123Otto (the Rich), count of Ballenstedt (born 1070)source
  • 1132Maredudd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (born 1047)source
  • 1135Taizong, emperor of the Jin dynasty (born 1075)source
  • 1185Theodoric I, margrave of Lusatia (born 1130)source
  • 1199Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun, dies at Kamakura after a 7-year reign in which he has established the Kamakura Shogunate (see 1192). He is succeeded by his 16-year-old son Minamoto no Yoriie, his grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa proclaims himself regent for Yoriie (until 1202).source
  • 1199Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (born 1147)source
  • 1234Mo of Jin (or Hudun), Chinese emperorsource
  • 1234Aizong of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 1198)source
  • 1248Al-Adil II, Ayyubid ruler of Egypt and Damascussource
  • 1251Matthias II, Duke of Lorrainesource
  • 1256Alice de Lusigan, English noblewoman (born 1224)source
  • 1307Thomas de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, captured at Battle of Loch Ryan and later executed (born c.1284)source
  • 1307Alexander de Brus younger brother of Robert the Bruce, captured at Battle of Loch Ryan and later executed (born c.1285)source
  • 1309Nanpo Shōmyō, Japanese monk and priest (born 1235)source
  • 1322Philip III of Falkenstein, German nobleman and co-ruler (born 1257)source
  • 1407William I, Margrave of Meissen (born 1343)source
  • 1450Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France (born c. 1422)source
  • 1450Agnès Sorel, royal mistress (b.1422)source
  • 1491February 9 (according to the Libro dei Morti) – Antonia di Paolo di Dono, Italian artist and daughter of Paolo di Donosource
  • 1555John Hooper, English churchman (burned at the stake) (born c. 1497)source
  • 1564Manus O'Donnell, clan chief.source
  • 1588Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (born 1526)source
  • 1588The sudden death of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, in the midst of preparations for the Spanish Armada, forces King Philip II of Spain to re-allocate the command of the fleet.source
  • 1619Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (born 1585)source
  • 1640Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (born 1612)source
  • 1651Herman Krefting, ironworks pioneer (born 1592).source
  • 1662Judith Quiney, English daughter of William Shakespeare (born 1585)source
  • 1670King Frederick III of Denmark (born 1609)source
  • 1670Frederick III of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (born 1609)source
  • 1675Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (born 1613)source
  • 1709François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (born 1664)source
  • 1738Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont (born 1662)source
  • 1765Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer (born 1730)source
  • 1811Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (born 1732)source
  • 1824Anne Catherine Emmerich, German Augustinian Canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (born 1774)source
  • 1881Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (born 1821)source
  • 1886Winfield Scott Hancock, Union general of the American Civil War, Democratic political candidate (born 1824)source
  • 1957Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (born 1868)source
  • 1959Luang Pu Sodh Candasarosource
  • 1984Yuri Andropov, 69, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, kidney failuresource
  • 2002Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 71, British royal and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, stroke.source
  • 2006February 7–11 people were killed when unidentified assailants attacked a village in the volatile western region of Côte d'Ivoire, 20 km from the town of Guiglo which has seen a series of deadly ethnically motivated clashes in 2005 and violent anti-UN protests in January 2006.source