Editing 1933 (section)

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1933}}
[[File:Reichstagsbrand.jpg|thumb|240px|right|[[February 27]]: [[Reichstag fire]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.
* [[February 3]] – Adolf Hitler gives a secret speech to his military leaders, outlining his plans to rearm Germany in defiance of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and to adopt a policy of ''[[Lebensraum]]'' in eastern Europe.<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Hoffmann|author-link=Peter Hoffmann (historian)|title=German resistance to Hitler|url=https://archive.org/details/germanresistance00pete|url-access=registration|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, Mass|year=1988|pages=[https://archive.org/details/germanresistance00pete/page/15 15–16]}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – A [[mutiny]] starts on the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] [[coastal defence ship]] [[HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909)|''De Zeven Provinciën'']] in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. After 6 days, it is bombed by a Dutch aircraft, killing 23 men, and the remaining mutineers surrender. 
* [[February 6]]–[[February 7|7]] – Officers on the [[USS Ramapo (AO-12)|USS ''Ramapo'']] record a 34-meter high sea wave in the Pacific Ocean.
* [[February 9]] – [[The King and Country debate]]: The [[Oxford Union]] student debating society in England passes a resolution stating, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and country."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ceadel|first=Martin|title=The King and Country Debate, 1933: Student Politics, Pacifism and the Dictators|journal=[[The Historical Journal]]|volume=22|issue=2|year=1979|pages=397–422|doi=10.1017/s0018246x00016885|s2cid=153490642 }}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first [[singing telegram]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 10, 1983|title=The Singing Telegram at 50: Singing Telegrams are Catching On|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/10/business/the-singing-telegram-at-50.html|access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – In [[Miami]], [[Giuseppe Zangara]] attempts to assassinate President-elect [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], but instead fatally wounds the [[Mayor of Chicago]], [[Anton Cermak]]. Zangara is executed on March 20 by the [[electric chair]].
* [[February 17]] – [[Repeal of Prohibition in the United States]]: The [[Blaine Act]] passes the [[United States Senate]], submitting the proposed [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution]] to the states for ratification. The amendment is ratified on December 5, ending [[prohibition in the United States]].
*[[February 23]] – The [[Imperial Japanese Army]] [[Battle of Rehe|invades Rehe province]] in northern China.
* [[February 25]] – Arminda de Jesus is burned for witchcraft in [[Marco de Canaveses|Soalhães, Portugal]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Joshua |date=2025-03-08 |title=International Women's Day Stories: The 1933 Burning of Arminda de Jesus for Witchcraft in Soalhaes, Portugal |url=https://witchhuntshow.com/2025/03/07/international-womens-day-stories-the-1933-burning-of-arminda-de-jesus-for-witchcraft-in-soalhaes-portugal/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Witch Hunt: The Podcast of Witch Trials and Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] – [[Reichstag fire]]: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the [[Reichstag building]], is set on fire under controversial circumstances.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Holborn |first1=Hajo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYn-quXf_9cC |title=Republic to Reich: The Making of the Nazi Revolution; Ten Essays |date=1972 |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0-394-47122-8 |page=182 |language=en}}</ref> The following day, the [[Reichstag Fire Decree]] is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.
* [[February 28]] – [[English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33]]: The [[England cricket team]] wins [[The Ashes]] using the controversial [[bodyline]] tactic.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/510 510]–512}}</ref>