Editing February 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]], the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gindikin|first=Semen Grigorʹevich|title=Tales of physicists and mathematicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62|access-date=22 February 2011|year=1988|publisher=[[Birkhäuser]]|isbn=978-0-8176-3317-2|page=62|archive-date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704035231/http://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[St. Peter's Flood]]: A storm surge floods the [[German Bight|Frisian coast]], drowning 15,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=St. Peter's Flood – February 22, 1651 |url=https://www.calendarz.com/on-this-day/february/22/st-peters-flood |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=calendarz.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: The [[Battle of Toulon (1744)|Battle of Toulon]] causes several [[Royal Navy]] captains to be [[court-martial]]ed, and the [[Articles of War]] to be amended.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Mathews, Thomas |volume= 37 |last= Laughton |first= John Knox |author-link= John Knox Laughton |pages= 43-46 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in [[North End, Boston]], fatally wounding 11-year-old [[Christopher Seider]]; the first American fatality of the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="USA1stBastardCop">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/christopher-seider-the-first-casualty-in-the-american-revolutionary-cause/|title=Christopher Seider: The First Casualty in the American Revolutionary Cause|date=2015-07-31|publisher=New England Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-01}}</ref>
*[[1797]] &ndash; The [[last Invasion of Britain]] begins near [[Fishguard]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Llanelli and the Fishguard Invasion |url=https://www.llanellich.org.uk/files/356-llanelli-fishguard-invasion |website=llanellich.org.uk |publisher=Teftadaeth Cymuned Llanelli ~ Llanelli Community Heritage |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122090942/https://www.llanellich.org.uk/files/356-llanelli-fishguard-invasion |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; By the [[Adams–Onís Treaty]], Spain [[History of Florida|sells Florida]] to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crutchfield |first1=James A. |last2=Moutlon |first2=Candy |last3=Bene |first3=Terry Del |title=The Settlement of America: An Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion from Jamestown to the Closing of the Frontier |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-45461-8 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGusBwAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Settlement_of_America/lGusBwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]]: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]] troops.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Karl Jack |title=The Mexican War, 1846-1848 |date=1 January 1992 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-6107-5 |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1DqVTdwmVkC |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mexican_War_1846_1848/_1DqVTdwmVkC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The [[French Revolution of 1848]], which would lead to the establishment of the [[French Second Republic]], begins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beecher |first1=Jonathan |title=Writers and Revolution: Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848 |date=April 2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-84253-2 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvQgEAAAQBAJ |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Writers_and_Revolution/TvQgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The United States [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] opens its first national convention in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm|title=The Origins of the Republican Party|access-date=2022-11-16|archive-date=2012-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930194002/http://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Jefferson Davis]] is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the [[President of the Confederate States of America]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodd |first1=William Edward |title=Jefferson Davis |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-6609-4 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1X3lFbBSW4C |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143301/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/r1X3lFbBSW4C?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; The [[Prohibition Party]] holds its first national convention in [[Columbus, Ohio]], nominating [[James Black (prohibitionist)|James Black]] as its presidential nominee.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg |title=Page Twenty Three of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318021022/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |page=23}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first of many of five-and-dime [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]] stores.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Winkler |first1=John K. |title=Five and Ten: The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth |date=31 July 2017 |publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing |isbn=978-1-78720-790-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtwuDwAAQBAJ |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143313/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Five_and_Ten/GtwuDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; ''[[Cleopatra's Needle (New York)|Cleopatra's Needle]]'', a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in [[Central Park]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/obelisk.html|title=Obelisk|website=The Official Website of Central Park NYC|access-date=August 26, 2019|date=January 29, 2019|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424124927/http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/obelisk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] [[Enabling Act of 1889|signs a bill]] admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]] as [[U.S. state]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=State History Enabling Act |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/State/Pages/enabling.aspx |website=leg.wa.gov |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205160707/https://leg.wa.gov/History/State/Pages/enabling.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Philippine Revolutionary Army|Filipino forces]] led by General [[Antonio Luna]] [[Second Battle of Caloocan|launch counterattacks for the first time]] against the American forces during the [[Philippine–American War]]. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linn |first1=Brian McAllister |title=The Philippine War, 1899-1902 |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |location=Lawrence |isbn=0-7006-1225-4 |page=59}}</ref>