Today in History

FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025

1882-First U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University

Feb 27, 2025

THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025

1693-The first women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury", is published in London

Feb 26, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025

1616-The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun

Feb 25, 2025

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025

1862-First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that was legal tender in America

Feb 24, 2025

MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025

1582-Pope Gregory XIII announces the New Style calendar, commonly known as the Gregorian calendar

Feb 23, 2025

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025

1821-Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire begins

Feb 20, 2025

THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025

1792-U.S. postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance

Feb 19, 2025

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025

356-Roman Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples

Feb 18, 2025

TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025

1519-Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men

Feb 17, 2025

1568-Treaty of Adrianople of 1568: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash "present" and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia

Feb 16, 2025

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