People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president

The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.

Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.

New Zealand’s second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil

The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov

The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.

The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.