Anniversaries

13th February 1891 (121 Years)

Grant Wood, American painter best known for 'American Gothic', was born.

13th February 1941 (71 Years)

Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer, was born.

13th February 1945 (67 Years)

Thousands of bombs destroy the German city Dresden, WW2.

13th February 1958 (54 Years)

Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union, died.

14th February 1537 (475 Years)

England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.

14th February 1861 (151 Years)

Richard Cadbury created the very first heart shaped box of chocolates.

14th February 1891 (121 Years)

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War General, died in New York City.

14th February 1912 (100 Years)

First flight of Zeppelin LZ-11 Viktoria Luise with Ferdinand von Zeppelin present.

14th February 1912 (100 Years)

LZ-11 Viktoria Luise zeppelin takes its first flight.

14th February 1929 (83 Years)

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre took place.

14th February 1975 (37 Years)

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, died.

15th February 1764 (248 Years)

The city of Saint Louis, Missouri in America, was founded.

15th February 1867 (145 Years)

The Blue Danube, composed by Johann Strauss II, is first performed at a concert of the Wiener Männergesangsverein.

16th February 1843 (169 Years)

Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln, was born.

16th February 1923 (89 Years)

Howard Carter opened Tutankhamen's tomb in Thebes.

16th February 1923 (89 Years)

Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb discovered in Egypt by Howard Carter.

16th February 1937 (75 Years)

US Patent #2,071,250 is granted to Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor of nylon, via DuPont, Inc.

16th February 1990 (22 Years)

Keith Haring, American artist, dies aged 31.

17th February 1867 (145 Years)

First ship passed through Suez Canal.

17th February 1867 (145 Years)

First ship passed through Suez Canal. 150 years.

18th February 1516 (496 Years)

Mary Tudor, Queen of England and child of Henry VIII, is born.

18th February 1564 (448 Years)

Michelangelo Buonarroti died.

18th February 1745 (267 Years)

Alessandro Volta, the Italian inventor of the electric battery, was born.

18th February 1745 (164 Years)

Louis Comfort Tiffany, American Art Nouveau Stained Glass Artist, was born.

18th February 1967 (45 Years)

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist responsible for the research and design the atomic bomb, died.

18th February 1967 (45 Years)

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist responsible for the research and design the atomic bomb, died.

19th February 1473 (539 Years)

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun at the centre of the universe, was born.

19th February 1717 (295 Years)

David Garrick, English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer, was born.

19th February 1985 (27 Years)

The BBC TV show EastEnders broadcasts for the first time.

20th February 1816 (196 Years)

Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premièred at Teatro Argentina in Rome.

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