Editing February 14 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[748]] &ndash; [[Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase|Abbasid Revolution]]: The [[Kaysanites Shia#History|Hashimi]] rebels under [[Abu Muslim Khorasani]] take [[Merv]], capital of the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] province [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]], marking the consolidation of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] revolt.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bosworth|first1=C.E.|last2=Bolshakov|first2=O.G.|chapter=Central Asia Under the Umayyads and the Early 'Abbasids|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. 4: The Age of Achievement: A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth century. Part I: The Historical, Social and Economic Setting|editor-last=Asimov|editor-first=M.S.|location=Paris|publisher=Unesco Publishing|date=1999|isbn=9231034677|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18eABeokpjEC|page=29}}</ref>
* [[842]] &ndash; [[Charles the Bald]] and [[Louis the German]] swear the [[Oaths of Strasbourg]] in the French and German languages.<ref>{{cite book|last=Verbruggen|first=J.F.|title=The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340|location=Rochester, N.Y.|publisher=The Boydell Press|date=1997|isbn=9780851155708|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qH1u1Ca-1IC|page=31}}</ref>
*[[1014]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict VIII]] crowns [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry of Bavaria]], [[Monarchy|King]] of Germany and of Italy, as [[Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry II {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805112943/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1130]] &ndash; The troubled [[1130 papal election]] exposes a rift within the [[College of Cardinals]].
*[[1349]] &ndash; Several hundred [[History of the Jews in Europe|Jews]] are [[Death by burning|burned to death]] by mobs while the remaining Jews are [[Strasbourg massacre|forcibly removed]] from [[Strasbourg]].
*[[1530]] &ndash; [[Conquistador|Spanish conquistadores]], led by [[Nuño de Guzmán]], overthrow and execute [[Tangaxuan II]], the last independent monarch of the [[Tarascan state]] in present-day central [[Mexico]].
*[[1556]] &ndash; Having been declared a [[Heresy#Catholicism|heretic]] and [[Loss of clerical state|laicized]] by [[Pope Paul IV]] on 4 December 1555,<ref>{{cite book|last=Heinze|first=R.W.|chapter='I pray God to grant that I may endure to the end': A new look at the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer|title=Thomas Cranmer: Churchman and Scholar|editor-last1=Ayris|editor-first1=Paul|editor-last2=Selwyn|editor-first2=David G.|location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|date=1999|isbn=9780851157405|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v38KbocqEScC|page=271}}</ref> [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is publicly defrocked at [[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford|Christ Church Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite book|last=MacCulloch|first=Diarmaid|title=Thomas Cranmer: A Life|location=London|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1996|isbn=9780300066883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4DD4mAYipUC|pages=590–592}}</ref>
*  1556   &ndash; Coronation of [[Akbar]] as ruler of the [[Mughal Empire]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate]] at [[Whitehall Palace]], London.<ref>Ethel Carleton Williams, ''Anne of Denmark'' (London, 1970), p. 157.</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; The [[Mapuche]]s launch coordinated attacks against the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] in Chile beginning the [[Mapuche uprising of 1655]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=es|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=349|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019183409/http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; The [[Flag of the United States|United States flag]] is formally recognized by a foreign [[Naval ship|naval vessel]] for the first time, when French [[Admiral]] [[Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte]] renders a nine gun salute to {{USS|Ranger|1777|6}}, commanded by [[John Paul Jones]].
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Kettle Creek]] is fought in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
*  1779   &ndash; [[Death of James Cook|James Cook is killed]] by [[Native Hawaiians]] near [[Kealakekua]] on the [[Hawaii (island)|Island of Hawaii]].
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]: [[John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent)]] and [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson)]] lead the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]] to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near [[Gibraltar]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Karađorđe]] leads the [[First Serbian Uprising]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hötte |first1=Hans H. A. |title=Atlas of Southeast Europe: Geopolitics and History. Volume Three, 1815-1926 |date=2018 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004361812 |page=5}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; Ras [[Marye of Yejju]] marches into [[Tigray Province|Tigray]] and defeats and kills Dejazmach [[Sabagadis]] in the [[Battle of Debre Abbay]].
*[[1835]] &ndash; The original [[Quorum of the Twelve|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], in the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], is formed in [[Kirtland, Ohio]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; In New York City, [[James Knox Polk]] becomes the first serving [[President of the United States]] to have his photograph taken.
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Great Ormond Street Hospital|Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children]], the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in [[London]].
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Texas]] is linked by [[telegraphy|telegraph]] to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between [[New Orleans]] and [[Marshall, Texas]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Oregon]] is admitted as the 33rd [[U.S. state]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]] applies for a [[patent]] for the [[telephone]], as does [[Elisha Gray]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[War of the Pacific]] breaks out when the [[Chilean Army]] occupies the [[Bolivia]]n port city of [[Antofagasta]].
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Voting machine]]s are approved by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] for use in federal [[Elections in the United States|elections]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[British Army]] begins the [[Battle of the Tugela Heights]] in an effort to lift the [[Siege of Ladysmith]].

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of Commerce and Labor]] is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the [[United States Department of Labor|Department of Labor]]).
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Arizona]] is admitted as the 48th and the last [[Contiguous United States|contiguous]] [[U.S. state]].
*  1912   &ndash; The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] commissions its [[United States E-class submarine|first class]] of [[Diesel submarine|diesel-powered submarines]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; Russia adopts the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=История календаря в России и в СССР |url=http://grigam.narod.ru/kalend/kalen19.htm |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=grigam.narod.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Polish–Soviet War]] begins.
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[League of Women Voters]] is founded in [[Chicago]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to [[IBM|International Business Machines]] Corporation (IBM).
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Saint Valentine's Day Massacre]]: Seven people, six of them [[gangster]] rivals of [[Al Capone]]'s gang, are murdered in [[Chicago]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[German battleship Bismarck]] is launched.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gaack |first1=Malte |title=Schlachtschiff Bismarck – Das wahre Gesicht eines Schiffes – Teil 3 |last2=Carr |first2=Ward |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand GmbH |year=2011 |isbn=978-3-8448-0179-8 |location=Norderstedt |page=10 |language=de |trans-title=Battleship Bismarck - The True Face of a Ship - Part 3}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Pasir Panjang]] contributes to the fall of [[Singapore]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Rostov-on-Don]], Russia is liberated.
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: [[Tunisia Campaign]]: General [[Hans-Jürgen von Arnim]]'s [[5th Panzer Army|Fifth Panzer Army]] launches a [[Battle of Sidi Bou Zid|counter-attack]] against [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] positions in [[Tunisia]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: In the [[action of 14 February 1944]], a [[Royal Navy]] submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian [[Regia Marina]] submarine in the [[Strait of Malacca]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: On the first day of the [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|bombing of Dresden]], the British [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[United States Army Air Forces]] begin [[fire-bombing]] [[Dresden]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken [[Bombing of Prague in World War II|bombing of Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] by a [[United States Army Air Forces]] squadron of [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17s]] assisting in the Soviet [[Red Army]]'s [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Mostar]] is liberated by [[Yugoslavs|Yugoslav]] [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|partisans]] 
*  1945   &ndash; President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] meets King [[Ibn Saud]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] aboard the {{USS|Quincy|CA-71|6}}, officially beginning [[Saudi Arabia–United States relations|U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Bank of England]] is nationalized.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Statute IV of 1947 regarding the abolition of certain titles and ranks|act abolishing]] all [[Hungarian nobility|noble]] ranks and related [[Style (form of address)|styles]] comes into force in [[Second Hungarian Republic|Hungary]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gudenus |first1=János |title=Összetört címerek: a magyar arisztokrácia sorsa és az 1945 utáni megpróbáltatások |last2=Szentirmay |first2=László |publisher=Mozaik |year=1989 |isbn=963-02-6114-6 |pages=27–28 |language=hu |trans-title=Broken Coats-of-Arms: The Hungarian Aristocrats' Fate and the Scourge after 1945}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Knesset]] (parliament of [[Israel]]) convenes for the first time.
*  1949   &ndash; The [[Asbestos Strike]] begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the [[Quiet Revolution]] in [[Quebec]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[First Indochina war]] - small French garrison at [[Siege of Đắk Đoa|Đắk Đoa is overrun]] by the [[Viet Minh]] after a week's siege.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2011 |title=Vietnam Vignette: The French Groupement Mobile 100 |url=https://parallelnarratives.com/vietnam-notebook-groupement-mobile-100-bataillon-de-coree/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=Parallel Narratives |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Timeline of chemical element discoveries|Discovery of the chemical elements]]: Element 103, [[Lawrencium]], is first synthesized at the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Australian dollar|Australian currency]] is [[decimalisation|decimalized]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; In [[Kabul]], [[Setami Milli]] militants kidnap the American [[ambassador]] to [[Afghanistan]], [[Adolph Dubs]] who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
*[[1983]] &ndash; United American Bank of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] collapses. Its president, [[Jake Butcher]], is later convicted of [[fraud]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Union Carbide]] agrees to pay $470 million to the [[Government of India|Indian government]] for damages it caused in the [[1984]] [[Bhopal disaster]].
*  1989   &ndash; [[Iran]]ian leader [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] issues a [[fatwa]] encouraging [[Muslims]] to kill [[Salman Rushdie]], author of ''[[The Satanic Verses]]''.
*[[1990]] &ndash; Ninety-two people are killed when [[Indian Airlines Flight 605]] crashes in [[Bangalore]], India.
*  1990   &ndash; The ''[[Voyager 1]]'' spacecraft takes the photograph of planet [[Earth]] that later becomes famous as ''[[Pale Blue Dot]]''.
*[[1998]] &ndash; An oil tanker train collides with a [[Rail freight transport|freight train]] in [[Yaoundé]], Cameroon, spilling [[fuel oil]]. One person scavenging the oil created [[Yaoundé train explosion|a massive explosion]] which killed 120.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The spacecraft ''[[NEAR Shoemaker]]'' enters orbit around asteroid [[433 Eros]], the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission|UNMOVIC]] Executive Chairman [[Hans Blix]] reports to the [[United Nations Security Council]] that disarmament inspectors have found no [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]] in [[Ba'athist Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2013 |title=Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/operation-iraqi-freedom-and-operation-new-dawn-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111210443/https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/operation-iraqi-freedom-and-operation-new-dawn-fast-facts/index.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=Research |publisher=CNN Editorial}}</ref> 
*[[2004]] &ndash; In a suburb of [[Moscow]], Russia, the roof of the [[Transvaal Park|Transvaal water park]] collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.
*[[2005]] &ndash; In [[Beirut]], 23 people, including former [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] [[Rafic Hariri]], are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000&nbsp;kg of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] is detonated while Hariri's [[motorcade]] drives through the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2005 |title=Former PM killed in Beirut blast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/14/lebanon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415074103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/14/lebanon |archive-date=15 April 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected [[al-Qaeda]]-linked militants that hit [[Makati]], [[Davao City]], and [[General Santos]], all in the Philippines.
*  2005   &ndash; [[YouTube]] is launched by a group of [[college students]], eventually becoming the largest [[video sharing]] website in the world and a main source for [[viral video]]s.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Northern Illinois University shooting]]: A gunman opens fire in a [[lecture hall]] of [[Northern Illinois University]] in [[DeKalb County, Illinois]], resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
*[[2011]] &ndash; As a part of [[Arab Spring]], the [[2011 Bahraini uprising|Bahraini uprising]] begins with a [[Day of Rage (Bahrain)|'Day of Rage']].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jacob Zuma]] resigns as [[President of South Africa]].
*  2018   &ndash; [[Parkland high school shooting|A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School]] in [[Parkland, Florida]] is one of the [[List of school massacres by death toll|deadliest school massacres]] with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=To Stop A Shooter |first1=Jamie |last1=Thompson |magazine=The Atlantic |date=29 January 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024 |volume=333|issue=2|url-access=subscription |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/parkland-shooter-scot-peterson-coward-broward/677170/ |page=22 |issn=1072-7825}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[2019 Pulwama attack|Pulwama attack]] takes place in [[Lethpora]] in [[Pulwama district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India in which 40 [[Central Reserve Police Force]] personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.
*[[2020]] - At least 22 people are killed in an [[Ngarbuh massacre|attack]] on a village in [[Northwest Region (Cameroon)|Northwest Region]], [[Cameroon]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-17 |title=Children among 22 killed in attack on Cameroon village |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51526358 |access-date=2025-02-14 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>