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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 16, 1804, the U.S. Navy conducted a stunningly audacious raid to deny the enemy the use of an American warship by concocting a ruse that allowed American sailors into the jaws of the enemy harbor to sink a captured American frigate. On February 16, 1904, African American movie actor and singer James Franklin Baskett was born in Indianapolis. On February 16, 1923,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 15, 1113, the reigning Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Paschal II, issued a Papal Bull titled “Pie Postulatio Voluntatis,” recognizing the Order of Hospitallers, a military order of Catholic knights that had existed in the Holy Land since about 1099. On February 15, 1862, Confederate States of America army forces under the command of Brigadier General John B. Floyd…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 14, 269, Saint Valentine reportedly experienced martyrdom. On February 14, 1349, the city of Strasbourg, France was the scene of a St. Valentine’s Day massacre 150 times worse than the more famous Chicago incident! On February 14, 1400, England’s King Richard II (aka Richard of Bordeaux) died in captivity, most likely starved to death. On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 13, 1542, the Queen of England and wife of King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. On February 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to stand trial before the Catholic Inquisition for heresy. On February 13, 1919, American football legend Eddie Robinson was born in Jackson, Louisiana. On February 13, 1920, the Negro National League of professional baseball was founded,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe founded the English Province of Georgia, later to become the Colony of Georgia in 1752, the Southernmost and last of the 13 Colonies that would later become the United States of America. On February 12, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a coalition of White Americans and African…