Editing 1999 (section)

===February===
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II]] inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]].<ref name="h211">{{cite web | last=Satloff | first=Robert | title=Analyzing King Abdullah's Change in the Line of Succession | website=The Washington Institute | date=2004-11-29 | url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/analyzing-king-abdullahs-change-line-succession | access-date=2025-03-03}}</ref>
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than [[Neptune]]. It had been nearer than Neptune since [[1979]], and will become again in [[23rd century|2231]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weintraub |first1=David A. |title=Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5297-0 |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW1_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA250}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] is acquitted in [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeachment proceedings]] in the [[United States Senate]].
* [[February 16]]
** In [[Uzbekistan]], an apparent [[1999 Tashkent bombings|assassination attempt]] against President [[Islam Karimov]] takes place at government headquarters.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cummings|first=Sally N.|year=2002|title=Power and change in Central Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/powerchangecentr00cumm|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/powerchangecentr00cumm/page/n140 130]|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415255851}}</ref>
** Across Europe, [[Kurds|Kurdish]] protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after [[Turkey]] arrests one of their rebel leaders, [[Abdullah Öcalan]].
* [[February 23]]
** [[Kurds|Kurdish]] rebel leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]] is charged with [[treason]] in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
** [[1999 Galtür avalanche]]: An [[avalanche]] destroys the village of [[Galtür]], Austria, killing 31.<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 years since the avalanche winter of 1999 |url=https://www.wsl.ch/en/news/25-years-since-the-avalanche-winter-of-1999/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.wsl.ch |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] &ndash; While trying to circumnavigate the world in a [[hot air balloon]], Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes.