Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick Maclean in Windsor. On 2 March 1882, Queen Victoria narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Roderick…
1 March 1815
Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba. In 1814, after a decade of near-constant warfare across Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte faced the collapse of…
28 February 1983
The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers The final episode of MASH*, titled “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” aired on February 28,…
27 February 1922
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the…
26 February 1914
HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast The HMHS Britannic was the third and largest vessel…
25 February 1836
Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm. Samuel Colt was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for revolutionizing firearms…
24 February 1809
Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique. Britain invaded and captured the French colony of Martinique in 1809 primarily because of the wider…
23 February 1836
The Siege of the Alamo as a prelude to the Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. The Siege of the Alamo and…
22 February 1848
The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. The French Revolution of 1848 erupted from a…
21 February 1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were two nineteenth-century German thinkers whose collaboration laid the foundations of…