Events & Holidays In February - 02

Candlemas (Liechtenstein)

Candlemas, Presentation of the Lord (Switzerland)

Día de la Candelaria (Mexico)

Festa de Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes Porto Allegre (Brazil)

Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria (Bolivia)

Groundhog Day (Canada United States of America)

KyndelsmÃssodagen (Sweden)

National Change your Windshield Wipers Day (United States of America)

Virgen de la Candelaria - Puno (Peru)

1208  On this day in history birth of james I of Aragon (d. 1276)  

1455  On this day in history birth of king John of Denmark (d. 1513)  

1494  On this day in history birth of bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)  

1502  On this day in history birth of damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)  

1506  René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1522  On this day in history birth of lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)  

1583  On this day in history birth of anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess  

1595  Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

0672  Death of Saint Chad on this day in history.  

1032  Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies on this day in history.  

1124  Death of Bořivoj II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1218  Death of Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186) on this day in history.  

1250  Death of Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216) on this day in history.  

1435  On this day in history johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61  

1461  On this day in history death of owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England  

1491  Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40 on this day in history.