What is February 22?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1281]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin IV|Martin IV]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1288]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas IV|Nicholas IV]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1371]] &ndash; [[Robert II of Scotland]] becomes [[King]], starting the [[House of Stuart|Stuart Dynasty]]. * [[1494]] &ndash; King [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne. * [[1632]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]'' is published. * [[1651]] &ndash; St. Peter's [[Flood]]: A [[storm]] surge floods the [[Frisia]]n [[coast]] in present–day [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]], killing about 15,000 people. * [[1744]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Toulon, 1744|Battle of Toulon]] begins. * [[1784]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers the spiral [[galaxy]] ''NGC 3521''. * [[1797]] &ndash; The last invasion of the [[Great Britain]] begins when a force of 4,000 French troops lands in [[Fishguard]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales]]. They surrender two days later. * [[1819]] &ndash; By the [[Adams–Onís Treaty]], [[Spain]] sold [[Florida]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]] – 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The French [[Revolution]] of [[1848]] begins, later leading to the creation of the [[French Second Republic]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; The [[Pennsylvania State University]] is founded. * [[1856]] &ndash; The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; The [[Bavaria]]n [[Weisswurst]] [[sausage]] is allegedly invented in [[Munich]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]] is inaugurated as [[President]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] that abolishes [[slavery]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; The [[Pr