Historical Events In February - 28
1570 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
1646 Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
1653 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
1692 Salem witch hunt begins
1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York NY
1704 Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100
1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
1728 Georg F Händels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London
1730 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
1749 First edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
1759 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1784 John Wesley charters Methodist Church
1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
1810 First US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
1844 US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.
1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
1849 The first gold-seekers arrived in San Francisco, aboard the ship California.
1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI
1854 Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party).
1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1861 The Colorado Territory is organized.
1862 The opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres (Paris)
1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA
1864 Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
1878 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
1883 First US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
1888 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres
1893 Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
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