Succession
Fostered by Thomas Becket, in June 1170 the fifteen-year-old Henry is crowned king during his fathers lifetime, but he never actually ruled and is not counted among the monarchs of England
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February 28 in History
This permanent archive page contains 161 World History Database records for February 28, spanning 893 to 2025. Recorded topics include Coronation; Birth of Henry the Young King; Succession.
Total: 161Events: 147Births: 7Deaths: 5Coronations: 2Countries: 29
Events on February 28
Peerage
Created Baron Rich of Leez
Retirement from Public Office
Montaigne formally retires to his estate to read, reflect and write.
Dialogue on the New Star
Galileo is thought to co-author a satirical dialogue attacking Aristotelian interpretations of the new star.
National Covenant
Signs the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard to restore Presbyterianism
Reballion of Rebels in Edinburgh
Signs the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard to restore Presbyterianism
Siege of Newark
Fails in an attempt to capture Newark from the Royalists
Siege of Newark
Leads a Derbyshire contingent in a failed Roundhead attempt to capture Newark
Siege of Newark
Prevents Parliament from capturing Newark
Succession
Elected king after the death of Christian IV.
League of Armed Neutrality
Announces there should be free trade for all neutral vessels
Treaty of Kalisch
Russia and Prussia conclude the Treaty of Kalisch, creating an alliance against Napoleon.
Anglo-Russian Convention
Russia and Britain sign a convention defining the boundary between Russian America and British possessions in northwestern America.
Discovery of Antarctica
Spots a headland which he names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland is later named Mount Biscoe
Discovery of Cape Ann
A headland is spotted, which Biscoe names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland would later be named Mount Biscoe
Discovery of Mount Briscoe
A headland is spotted, which Biscoe names Cape Ann; the mountain atop the headland would later be named Mount Biscoe
Reballion of Crushes the
Crushes the rebellion in Vienna
Suez Canal Finance Commission
Parliament debates the Rothschild firm's commission for advancing the Suez Canal purchase money.
Bland-Allison Act
Congress requires Treasury silver purchases while gold remains the principal redemption standard.
President of Venezuela
Appointed President of Venezuela
Relief of Ladysmith
Breaks through to relieve Ladysmith.
Siege of Ladysmith
Takes part in operations around the siege and relief of Ladysmith.
Meeting with Kitchener
Rejects terms that do not satisfy the Boer leadership.
Middelburg Peace Talks
Meets Kitchener to discuss possible peace.
Middelburg Peace Talks
Meets Lord Kitchener to discuss possible peace terms.
Middelburg Peace Talks
Offers terms that Boer leaders reject.
Bolshevik Party
Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia
Bolshevik Party manifesto
Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia
Demonstrations
Disturbances spread to Moscow
Dual Power
The Duma committee must coexist with the Petrograd Soviet.
Executive Committee
Chairs the Soviet Executive Committee during the revolution.
Exile of Nicholas II
Departs for Tsarskoye Selo
February Revolution
The revolutionary masses seize the city of Moscow, the Tsars Minister's are arrested, the Provisional Committee assumes control of the Army, while the Kronstadt sailors mutiny against their officers
Manifesto
Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia
Reballion of Rebels in Kronstadt
The revolutionary masses seize the city of Moscow, the Tsars Minister's are arrested, the Provisional Committee assumes control of the Army, while the Kronstadt sailors mutiny against their officers
the Bolshevik Party manifesto
Publishes the Bolshevik Party manifesto in Izvestia
Accession
Amanullah takes control in Kabul and defeats Nasrullah's claim to the throne.
Transportation Act
The Act returns railroads to private operation and strengthens federal rate regulation.
Bolshevik Party
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Bolshevik Party
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Kronstadt Rebellion
Serves as a military specialist inside the rebel fortress.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Supports sailor demands against Bolshevik political monopoly.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Helps lead sailors protesting against Bolshevik rule.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Supports the Petropavlovsk resolution demanding free Soviet elections.
Kronstadt Rebellion
Joins sailors backing the revolt against Bolshevik authority.
Reballion of anti-bolshevik
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Reballion of anti-bolshevik
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Reballion of Leon Trotsky
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
Reballion of Leon Trotsky
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
Reballion of Leon Trotsky
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
Treaty of Friendship
Afghanistan signs a friendship treaty with Soviet Russia, securing diplomatic recognition, aid, and transit arrangements.
Independence of Egypt
Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state, but British troops remain
Independence of Great Britain
Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state, but British troops remain
Rule of Egypt
Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state, but British troops remain
Raman Effect
C. V. Raman and his collaborators observe the inelastic scattering of light now known as the Raman effect.
Civil Rights
Less than a month after Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor the Reichstag Fire Decree invokes Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, suspending several constitutional protections on civil rights
Constitution of Germany
Allows Hitler to use emergency powers under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
Constitution of Germany
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree. After the Reichstag fire constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
Constitution of Germany
Less than a month after Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor the Reichstag Fire Decree invokes Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, suspending several constitutional protections on civil rights. Individual liberty under the Weimer constitution is suspended
Plot
Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror
Plot
Persuaded by Hitler to suspend civil liberties because of a communist threat
Plot
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
Plot
Hitler promulgates a decree "for the protection of the People & the State"
President of Germany
Decides to appoint Hitler as Chancellor to prevent a Communist revolution
Reichstag Fire
Despite the fact that Marinus van der Lubbe claimed to have acted alone in the Reichstag Fire, Hitler, after having obtained his emergency powers, announces that it was the start of a Communist plot to take over Germany
Reichstag Fire
Thousands of Communists are imprisoned in the days following the fire (including leaders of the Communist Party of Germany) on the charge that the Party was preparing to stage a putsch.
Reichstag Fire Decree
Helps implement emergency powers that allow the Nazi Government to suppress communist and socialist organisations.
Reichstag Fire Decree
Signs the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspending civil liberties and permitting detention without normal constitutional protection.
Reichstag Fire Decree
Less than a month after Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor the Reichstag Fire Decree invokes Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, suspending several constitutional protections on civil rights
Reichstag Fire Decree
The Reichstag Fire Decree suspends most civil liberties in Germany and is used by the Nazis to ban publications not considered "friendly" to the Nazi cause.
Invasion of Russia
German Army Units cross the Danube from Rumania & take up positions in Bulgaria
Marita
German Army units cross the Danube & take up positions in Bulgaria
Operation Barbarossa
German Army Units cross the Danube from Romania & take up positions in Bulgaria
Bruneval Raid
The Bruneval raid brings Wurzburg radar parts back to Britain.
Colonel
Appointed Colonel General
Colonel
Appointed Colonel General
Medal
Awarded the Oak Leaf to the Knights Cross
Operation Biting
British paratroops seize components from a German Wurzburg radar.
Final Plutonium Bomb Design Meeting
A senior design meeting fixes the plutonium bomb approach around a solid core, explosive lenses, electric detonators and a modulated neutron initiator.
Treaty of Sino-French
A Sino-French Treaty provides for the return of French troops from South East Asia
Citizenship
Takes the oath of allegiance & becomes a British subject
Minister of Economics
Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Resignation of Rene Pleven
The coalition Government falls on the issue of electoral reform
Governor
Appointed Governor General of Canada, 1st Canadian born person to hold this post
Oberhausen Manifesto
Young filmmakers issue the Oberhausen Manifesto declaring the old cinema dead.
President of Austria
Appointed President of Austria
Election
Announces a general election for the 31st of March in order to win a working majority
EMI Records
Pink Floyd sign to EMI Records before recording their debut album
Government
The murder trial of the black militant begins in San Jose
White House Tape 865-014
John Dean appears with Richard Nixon in the 56-minute White House recording numbered 865-014; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
White House Tape 865-014
Richard Nixon appears with John Dean in the 56-minute White House recording numbered 865-014; the Watergate Special Prosecution Force later included the recording in its transcript collection.
East Surrey Election
Is elected Conservative Member of Parliament for East Surrey after the abolition of the Reigate constituency.
Election
Loses his Commons majority after the February general election produces a hung parliament.
Election
The Liberals win 19.3% of votes cast & 14 MPs & hold the balance of power
Election
Wilson wins is 3rd election out of 4. The Labour Party wins 37.2 percent of votes cast & 301 MPs. No party can form a majority even with the support of the Liberals
Hung Parliament
The February election produces a hung parliament and leads to a Labour minority government.
Member of Parliament
Nigel Lawson is elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Blaby at the February 1974 general election.
Retirement from Parliament
Leaves the House of Commons after deciding not to contest the February general election.
Yesterdays
Appears on Yesterdays, a compilation drawing from the band's early catalogue.
Rolling Stones, The
It is announced that Ronnie Wood has joined the Rolling Stones
Budokan
Records performances later issued as Bob Dylan at Budokan.
National Party Caucus Victory
Wins overwhelming Transvaal party support for his policy direction.
Treurnicht Challenge Defeated
Defeats Andries Treurnicht's challenge over constitutional reform.
President of Austria
Appointed President of the National Council
Prime Minister of Sweden
Swedens Prime Minister is assassinated
Single European Act Signature
Heads the Greek government when Greece joins the signing of the Single European Act.
Single European Act Signature
Represents Greek foreign policy as the Single European Act is signed.
Nuclear Power
Proposes a separate agreement on abolition of medium range nuclear missiles in Europe. Drops his insistence on the curtailment of the US SDI program
President Re-Elected
Diouf wins re-election amid opposition protests
President of Austria
Appointed President of the National Council
Prime Minister of Japan
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term
British Combat Operations End
Confirms British offensive combat has ended.
Coalition Ceasefire
The hundred-hour ground campaign comes to an end.
Coalition Ceasefire Order
Schwarzkopf orders coalition formations to halt offensive movement and hold defensive positions.
Ground Offensive Halted
Bush orders coalition forces to suspend offensive combat after one hundred hours of ground operations.
Hundred-Hour Ground War Ends
The ground campaign ends after Iraqi forces are expelled from Kuwait.
Liberation of Kuwait
Supports the coalition campaign that liberates Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Liberation of Kuwait
Commands Saudi participation through the conclusion of ground operations.
Offensive Ceasefire
Orders coalition offensive operations suspended.
One Hundred Hour Ground War Ends
Bush suspends offensive combat exactly one hundred hours after the ground campaign begins.
Operation Granby Combat Phase Ends
De la Billiere directs British forces to cease offensive operations and consolidate positions.
Constitution of Serbia
The constitution of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is adopted and declared that the states territory includes Serb autonomous regions, municipalities, and other Serbian ethnic entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Peace
Agrees a provisional cease-fire with the Allies
Republic of the Serbian People of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The assembly adopted the Constitution of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina including districts, municipalities, and regions where Serbs are the majority and a minority because of persecution during World War II
UNTAC Period
Hun Sen continues as Prime Minister during the United Nations transition
Siege of Waco
4 Federal Agents are killed searching for illegal guns & arresting David Koresh. 100 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms agents arrive with search & arrest warrants
Kosovo Conflict Escalates
Orders Serbian security operations as the Kosovo conflict escalates.
Kosovo Conflict Escalates
Emerges as a political representative of the Kosovo Albanian insurgency.
European Convention Opens
Giscard dEstang opened the Convention on the Future of Europe as its chairman.
Galileo Flight Team Operations End
Routine Galileo flight-team operations end after the final playback of stored scientific data, months before the spacecraft's planned Jupiter impact.
Jupiter Ring Clumps
New Horizons images clumpy structures in Jupiter's faint rings and improves understanding of ring dynamics.
Little Red Spot Close-Up
New Horizons obtains close views of the developing Little Red Spot and measures storm dynamics.
New Horizons
New Horizons uses Jupiter for a gravity assist that shortens its flight time to Pluto.
New Horizons Jupiter Flyby
New Horizons uses Jupiter for a gravity assist and conducts a broad scientific survey of the system.
Polar Lightning on Jupiter
New Horizons detects lightning at high Jovian latitudes, extending known lightning activity toward the poles.
Resignation of Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the US to expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months. Prodi remains in power, as the Senate narrowly passes a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister's weak Government
Romano Prodi submits his resignation
Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the US to expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months
Tvashtar Eruption Imaging
New Horizons records a giant plume from Io's Tvashtar volcano and traces its changing structure.
Libya Evacuation Operation
Updates Parliament after British aircraft and ships help evacuate nationals from unrest in Libya.
Governor-General Takes Office
Bob Dadae becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Release of Captured Pilot
Imran Khan announces that Pakistan will release captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman as a gesture intended to reduce tensions.
EU Membership Application
Signs Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union.
International Appeal
Appeals for sanctions, weapons and diplomatic support.
UN Emergency Session
Addresses the United Nations emergency session on Russia's invasion.
Southeast Europe Summit
Attends the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit and seeks regional support for defense and the peace formula.
White House Meeting Clash
Meets Donald Trump in a tense Oval Office exchange over the war and proposed minerals agreement.
Births on February 28
Birth of Henry the Young King
Birth of Henry the Young King, 2nd of 5 sons of Henry II of England & Eleanor of Aquitaine
Birth of Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne is born at his family's estate near Bordeaux.
Birth of Alfred Graf von Schlieffen
Birth of Alfred Graf von Schlieffen
Birth of Harry H Corbett
Birth of Harry "H" Corbett
Birth of Brian Jones
Birth of Brian Jones, founder and multi-instrumentalist of the Rolling Stones.
Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Birth of Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
Birth of Robin Finlayson Cook
Birth of Robin Finlayson Cook
Deaths on February 28
Death of Henry the Young King
Death of Henry the Young King
Death of Cyril Tourneur
Death of Cyril Tourneur
Death of Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad dies in Patna after serving as India's first President.
Death of David Byron
Death of David Byron
Death of Olof Palme
Death of Olof Palme
Coronations on February 28
Coronation
Charles III the Simple is crowned King of the Franks
Coronation
Fostered by Thomas Becket, in June 1170 the fifteen-year-old Henry is crowned king during his fathers lifetime, but he never actually ruled and is not counted among the monarchs of England