On this day in February
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Portal:Religion/On this day/February 1
- 2004 - At least 244 people are trampled to death in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 2
- 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 3
- 1834 - The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina establishes the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, today known as Wake Forest University.
- 2007 - Tu Bishvat (Judaism)
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 4
- 362 - Roman Emperor Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 5
- 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
- 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
- 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 6
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 7
- 1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 8
- 1692 - A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenage girls are under domination of Satan, leading to the Salem witch trials.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 9
- 1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
- 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 10
- 1798 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier invades Rome and removes Pope Pius VI from power.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 11
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 12
- 1663 - Cotton Mather, New England minister born. (d. 1728)
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 13
- 1130 - Innocent II is voted Pope.
- 1633 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 14
- 1014 - Pope Boniface I recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany.
- 1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1556 - Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
- 2007 - Saint Valentine's Day (d. 422).
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 15
- 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 16
- 1568 - The entire population of the Netherlands - three million people - was sentenced to death by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy; see Eighty Years' War.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 17
- 1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 18
- 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga- Lord Krishna is believed by Hare Krishnas and Hindus to have left the planet on this day.
- 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 19
- 607 - Boniface III becomes Pope.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 20
- 1839 - Benjamin Waugh, American minister and founder of the NSPCC born. (d. 1908)
- 2007 - Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 21
- 1543 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeated a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
- 2007 - Ash Wednesday.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 22
- 1295 BC - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
- 1281 - Martin IV becomes Pope.
- 1288 - Nicholas IV becomes Pope.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 23
- 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 24
- 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 25
- 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- 1894 - Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader, born in Pune.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 26
- 2001 - The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 27
- 2002 - A Muslim mob attacks a train a few minutes after it leaves the Godhra railway station, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya; retaliatory riots lead to the death of at least 1000 people, mostly Muslims.
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 28
Portal:Religion/On this day/February 29
- 1468 - Pope Paul III born. (d. 1549)