What is February 24?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[303]] &ndash; [[Galerius]] publishes his edict that begins the persecution of [[Christianity|Christian]]s in his portion of the [[Roman Empire]]. * [[1303]] &ndash; An English Army is defeated by a Scottish [[Army]] in the [[Battle of Roslin]]. * [[1377]] &ndash; [[Charles III of Naples]] and [[Hungary]] is assassinated in [[Buda]]. * [[1525]] &ndash; The [[Spain|Spanish]] Imperial Army defeats the [[France|French]] Army at the [[Battle of Pavia]]. * [[1582]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XIII]] announces the introduction of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. * [[1607]] &ndash; The [[L'Orfeo]] [[opera]] by [[Claudio Monteverdi]] premieres. * [[1711]] &ndash; [[London]] [[premiere]] (first performance) of [[Rinaldo]] by [[George Friedric Handel]], the first Italian [[opera]] written for the London stage. * [[1803]] &ndash; The [[United States Supreme Court]] creates the principle of [[Judiciary|Judicial]] review. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[London]]'s Dury Lane [[Theatre]] burns to the ground. * [[1826]] &ndash; The signing of the [[Treaty of Yandaboo]] marks the end of the [[First Burmese War]]. * [[1831]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek]]: The first removal [[treaty]] in line with the [[Indian Removal Act]] in the [[United States]] is announced. The [[Choctaw]]s of [[Mississippi]] cede land east of the [[river]] in exchange and payment for land in the west. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[Louis Philippe I]] gives up the French throne. He is [[France]]'s last king. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[New Orleans]] holds its first [[Mardi Gras]] parade in present form. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[Arizona]] becomes a [[US]] territory. * [[1868]] &ndash; [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes the first [[US]] President to be impeached, by the [[House of Representatives]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; The ship SS ''Gothenburg'' hits the [[Great Barrier Reef]], and sinks, killing around 100 people. * [[1895]] &ndash; The [[Second Cuban War of Independence]] begins. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Estonia]] declar