Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1 March 1981
Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
28 February 1947
Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
25 February 1986
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
24 February 1303
The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
23 February 1905
Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
22 February 2011
New Zealand’s second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people