What is February 21?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[362]] &ndash; [[Athanasius]] returns to [[Alexandria]]. * [[1245]] &ndash; [[Bishop Thomas]], the first–known [[Bishop]] of [[Finland]], is granted resignation after confessing to [[torture]] and [[forgery]]. * [[1431]] &ndash; The trial of [[Joan of Arc]] begins. * [[1437]] &ndash; King [[James I of Scotland]] is [[murder]]ed. * [[1440]] &ndash; The [[Prussian Confederation]] is formed. * [[1543]] &ndash; [[Battle of Wayna Daga]] – Combined army of [[Ethiopia]]n and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] troops defeat [[Muslim]] army led by [[Ahmed Gragn]]. * [[1613]] &ndash; [[Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I]] is elected unanimously as [[Tsar]] by a [[Zemsky Sobor|national assembly]], beginning the [[Romanov]] [[dynasty]] of [[Imperial Russia]] . * [[1743]] &ndash; The premiere in [[London]] of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[oratorio]], [[Samson (oratorio)|Samson]] * [[1804]] &ndash; The first self–propelling [[steam locomotive]] makes its outing at the [[Pen-y-Darren ironworks]] in [[Wales]]. * [[1808]] &ndash; Without a previous [[declaration of war]], [[Russia]]n troops enter then–[[Sweden|Swedish]] [[territory]] in Eastern [[Finland]], starting the [[Finnish War]], which later results in Russia taking control of Finland. * [[1842]] &ndash; [[John J. Greenough]] patents the [[sewing machine]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] publish [[The Communist Manifesto]]. * [[1858]] &ndash; [[Corinth]], [[Greece]], is destroyed by an [[earthquake]]. The city is rebuilt 6 [[kilometer]]s away. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Valverde]] is fought near Fort Craig in the [[New Mexico]] territory. * [[1874]] &ndash; The [[Oakland Daily Tribune]] publishes its first [[newspaper]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Calment]] was born. She then went on to live for 122 years 164 days, the [[Supercentenarian|longest confirmed lifespan]] for any human being in history. * [[1878]] &ndash; The first [[telephone book]] is issued in [[New Haven, Conne