On this day ......

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7 February 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England

 

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8 February 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

 

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9 February 1881 – Death of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky

 

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10 February 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

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11 February 1873 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_I_of_Spain

 

[tomboytoy]

11 february 1990:

Nelson Mandela is liberated after 27 years spent in Prison in South Africa

 

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11 February 1466 – Birth of Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII of England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York

 

[MassRuss]

February 12, 1809 - Charles Darwin is born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_darwin

 

[crimsonpaine]

February 15 1758 - Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.

 

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17 February 1934 – Death of King Albert I of Belgium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium

 

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19 February 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Westminster_(1674)

 

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20 February 1631 – Birth of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Osborne,_1st_Duke_of_Leeds

 

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22 February 1857 – Birth of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, British soldier, author, and Scout movement founder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

 

[Durango95]

February 22, 1959

Kyle McLachlan was born

 

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22 February 1933 – Birth of HRH the Duchess of Kent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine,_Duchess_of_Kent

 

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23 February 1918 – Death of Adolphus_Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_VI,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

 

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24 February 1774 – Birth of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Adolphus,_1st_Duke_of_Cambridge

 

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25 February 1883 – Birth of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice,_Countess_of_Athlone

 

[Triple G]

On this day, one hundred years ago, my mother was born in Hollywood, California.

 

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^ Happy Birthday to your Mama.

26 February 1861 – Birth of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Bulgaria