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14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, convenes for the first time in Jerusalem Feb 14, 2026

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The Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, assumed responsibility for legislation, oversight of the government, and representation of the ...

13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right Feb 13, 2026

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The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 ...

12th February 1429: Battle of the Herrings in the Hundred Years’ War fought between French and English forces near the French village of Rouvray Feb 12, 2026

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The English arranged carts containing barrels of herring into a defensive wagon fort, with sharpened stakes similar to those used at the Battle of Agincourt positioned around the ...

11th February 1929: The Lateran Treaty signed between the Italian state and the Roman Catholic Church Feb 11, 2026

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The Lateran Treaty recognised the Vatican City as an independent sovereign state under the authority of the pope and, in return, formally recognised the Kingdom of Italy with Rome as its ...

10th February 1906: Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary new type of battleship that made all other ships obsolete Feb 10, 2026

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Germany quickly began developing an equivalent ship to the Dreadnought, resulting in a naval arms race that contributed to the outbreak of the First World War in ...

9th February 1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ at Paine Field in Washington State Feb 09, 2026

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The plane, named the City of Everett, left the Paine Field runway near Everett in Washington State – about 30 miles north of Seattle – and successfully performed a number of tests before landing at ...

8th February 1867: The Ausgleich, or the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishes the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary Feb 08, 2026

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The empire was reorganised into two legally distinct states governed from Vienna and Budapest. Each possessed its own parliament and domestic administration, but they shared a single monarch who ruled as Emperor of Austria and King of ...

7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities Feb 07, 2026

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Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the ...

6th February 1958: Munich Air Disaster kills 23 members of the Manchester United football team after BEA flight 609 crashes at Munich-Riem airport Feb 06, 2026

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Flight 609 hit slush on the runway, causing the plane to skid off the end of the runway before crashing through the airport fence, speeding across a road, and losing its port wing after catching on a ...

5th February 1597: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan executed in Nagasaki Feb 05, 2026

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The group, which included six foreign Franciscan friars, three Japanese Jesuits, and seventeen Japanese lay Christians, was sentenced to death by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after statements from a shipwrecked crew suggested that missionaries prepared the way for military ...

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