1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
1306 - In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence
1567 - Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk O'Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
1763 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
1840 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
1861 - Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1936 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
1943 - World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
1947 - Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
2003 - France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
2013 - Lunar or Chinese New Year
Famous Birthdays
1606 - Christine Marie of France, Duchess of Savoy
1868 - Prince Waldemar of Prussia
1894 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1922 - Árpád Göncz, President of Hungary
1950 - Mark Spitz, swimmer
1962 - Cliff Burton, bass player
1974 - Elizabeth Banks, actress
1981 - Holly Willoughby, TV presenter
1991 - Emma Roberts, actress
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