On this day ......

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12 February 1554 – A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.

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

 

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13 February 1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.

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

 

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14 February is St Valentine's Day.

 

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On this day in 1912, Arizona became the 48th state.

Happy Birthday AZ​

 

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15 February 1637 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

 

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17 February 364 – Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovian_(Emperor)

 

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18 February 1478 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother King Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Duke_of_Clarence

 

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18 February 1516 – Birth of Queen Mary I of England

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

 

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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.

 

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23 February 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.

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

 

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28 February 1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés's forces.

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

 

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1 March 1904 - Birth of Glenn Miller

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

 

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5 March 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.

 

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6 March 1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.

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

 

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8 March 1702 – Anne Stuart, sister of Queen Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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

 

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10 March 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

 

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11 March 1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Militia_Bill_1708

 

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12 March 1868 – Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha

 

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14 March 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.

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

 

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17 March 1886 – Birth of Princess Patricia of Connaught

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