Portal:Religion/On this day/February

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On this day in February

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Portal:Religion/On this day/February 1

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

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

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

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

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

February 6:

337 - Julius I elected pope.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 7

February 7:

1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 8

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

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

February 10:

1798 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier invades Rome and removes Pope Pius VI from power.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 11

February 11:

731 - Gregory II ends his reign as Pope.
824 - Paschal I ends his reign as Pope.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 12

February 12:

1663 - Cotton Mather, New England minister born. (d. 1728)

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 13

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

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

February 15:

1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 16

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

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

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

February 19:

607 - Boniface III becomes Pope.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 26:

2001 - The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 27

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

February 28:

2002 - At least 55 are killed in Ahmadabad, India when Hindus burn Muslim homes.

Portal:Religion/On this day/February 29

February 29:

1468 - Pope Paul III born. (d. 1549)