Events

Pre-1600

• 303 Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.

• 532 Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople the Hagia Sophia.

• 628 Khosrow II, Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown.

• 705 Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

• 1455 Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.

1601–1900

• 1725 J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

• 1763 Berbice slave uprising in Guyana: The first major slave revolt in South America.

• 1778 American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help train the Continental Army.

• 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.

• 1836 Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.

• 1847 Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

• 1854 The official independence of the Orange Free State, South Africa is declared.

• 1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

• 1870 Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

• 1883 Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.

• 1885 Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.

• 1886 Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

• 1887 The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

• 1898 Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse...!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

• 1900 Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

1901–present

• 1903 Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

• 1905 Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

• 1909 The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

• 1917 First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).

• 1927 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.

• 1927 German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

• 1934 Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.

• 1941 Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

• 1942 World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.

• 1943 The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.

• 1943 Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.

• 1944 The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.

• 1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

• 1945 World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies".

• 1945 World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.

• 1945 World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.

• 1945 World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.

• 1945 American Airlines Flight 009 crashes near Rural Retreat, Virginia, killing 17.

• 1947 International Organization for Standardization is founded.

• 1950 – General elections are held in the United Kingdom.

• 1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

• 1958 Five-time Argentine Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by rebels involved in the Cuban Revolution, on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix. He was released the following day after the race.

• 1966 In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.

• 1971 Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.

• 1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

• 1980 Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.

• 1981 In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

• 1983 The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.

• 1987 Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

• 1988 Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.

• 1991 In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

• 1998 In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

• 1999 Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

• 1999 An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.

• 2002 An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904.

• 2007 A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

• 2008 A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.

• 2008 The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.

• 2010 Unknown criminals pour more than million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

• 2012 A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

• 2017 The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

• 2018 Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.

• 2019 Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

• 2020 Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

• 2021 Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.

• 2025 A snap election is held in Germany.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1133 Al-Zafir, Fatimid caliph (died 1154)

• 1417 Pope Paul II (died 1471)

• 1417 Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (died 1479)

• 1443 Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (died 1490)

• 1529 Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (died 1568)

• 1539 Henry XI of Legnica, thrice Duke of Legnica (died 1588)

• 1539 Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (died 1612)

• 1583 Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (died 1656)

• 1592 Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter (died 1663)

1601–1900

• 1606 George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (died 1674)

• 1633 Samuel Pepys, English diarist and politician (died 1703)

• 1646 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun (died 1709)

• 1680 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (died 1767)

• 1685 George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (died 1759)

• 1723 Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher (died 1791)

• 1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman (died 1812)

• 1792 José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general (died 1854)

• 1805 Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (died 1848)

• 1830 Magdalene Osenbroch, Norwegian actress (died 1854)

• 1831 Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (died 1915)

• 1833 Alfons Grotowski, Polish sanitary engineer (died 1922)

• 1842 Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (died 1906)

• 1850 César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris (died 1918)

• 1868 W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (died 1963)

• 1868 Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (died 1947)

• 1873 Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (died 1929)

• 1874 Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956)

• 1878 Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (died 1935)

• 1883 Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1969)

• 1883 Guy C. Wiggins, American painter (died 1962)

• 1884 Casimir Funk, Polish biochemist (died 1967)

• 1889 Musidora, French actress and director (died 1957)

• 1889 Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (died 1975)

• 1889 Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (died 1949)

• 1889 John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1947)

• 1892 Kathleen Harrison, English actress (died 1995)

• 1892 Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer (died 1950)

• 1894 Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1978)

• 1899 Erich Kästner, German author and poet (died 1974)

• 1899 Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (died 1981)

1901–present

• 1904 Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (died 1980)

• 1908 William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1988)

• 1915 Jon Hall, American actor and director (died 1979)

• 1919 Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (died 1995)

• 1920 Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2018)

• 1922 – Johnny Franz, English record producer (died 1977)

• 1923 Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (died 2014)

• 1923 Harry Clarke, English footballer (died 2000)

• 1923 Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2016)

• 1923 Dante Lavelli, American football player (died 2009)

• 1923 Clarence D. Lester, American fighter pilot (died 1986)

• 1923 Mary Francis Shura, American author (died 1991)

• 1924 Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

• 1925 Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (died 2015)

• 1927 Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (died 2007)

• 1927 Jessica Huntley, Guyanese activist and publisher (died 2013)

• 1927 Mirtha Legrand, Argentine actress and television presenter

• 1928 Hans Herrmann, German racing driver (died 2026)

• 1928 Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (died 1990)

• 1929 Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (died 2008)

• 1929 Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (died 1980)

• 1930 Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (died 2015)

• 1931 Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (died 2004)

• 1932 Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (died 2008)

• 1938 Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist (died 2019)

• 1938 Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

• 1938 Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)

• 1939 Lee Shaffer, American basketball player

• 1940 Jackie Smith, American football player

• 1941 Ron Hunt, American baseball player

• 1943 Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (died 2018)

• 1944 Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator

• 1944 Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer (died 2001)

• 1944 Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)

• 1945 Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician

• 1946 Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

• 1947 Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament

• 1947 Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author

• 1948 Bill Alexander, English director and producer

• 1948 Trevor Cherry, English footballer (died 2020)

• 1948 Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2020)

• 1949 César Aira, Argentine author and translator

• 1949 Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician (died 2025)

• 1950 Rebecca Goldstein, American philosopher and author

• 1950 John Greaves, Welsh bass guitarist and composer

• 1951 Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player

• 1951 Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (died 2011)

• 1953 Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1953 Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver

• 1954 Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 1989)

• 1955 Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

• 1955 Francesca Simon, American-British author

• 1956 Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician

• 1957 Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (died 2004)

• 1958 David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter

• 1959 Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut

• 1959 Nick de Bois, English politician

• 1959 Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician

• 1959 Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress (died 2025)

• 1963 Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player

• 1963 Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

• 1964 John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter

• 1965 Michael Dell, American businessman

• 1965 Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player

• 1967 Steve Stricker, American golfer

• 1967 Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

• 1969 Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer

• 1969 Martine Croxall, English journalist and television news presenter

• 1969 Bhagyashree, Indian actress

• 1971 Carin Koch, Swedish golfer

• 1971 Melinda Messenger, English model and television host

• 1971 Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player

• 1972 Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer

• 1972 Rondell White, American baseball player

• 1973 Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player

• 1974 Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer

• 1974 Robbi Kempson, South African rugby player

• 1975 Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1976 Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress

• 1976 – Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1977 Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier

• 1978 Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2003)

• 1981 Gareth Barry, English footballer

• 1981 Charles Tillman, American football player

• 1982 Jia Perkins, American basketball player and coach

• 1982 Karan Singh Grover, Indian actor

• 1983 Mido, Egyptian footballer, manager and sportscaster

• 1983 Dijon Thompson, American basketball player

• 1986 Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer

• 1986 Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter

• 1986 Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

• 1986 Jerod Mayo, American football player and coach

• 1986 Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter

• 1987 Ab-Soul, American rapper

• 1987 Malik Hairston, American basketball player

• 1987 Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1988 Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine footballer

• 1989 Evan Bates, American ice dancer

• 1989 Jérémy Pied, French footballer

• 1989 Wilin Rosario, Dominican baseball player

• 1990 Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1990 Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1992 Casemiro, Brazilian footballer

• 1992 Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

• 1994 Triptii Dimri, Indian actress

• 1994 Neviana Vladinova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

• 1995 Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

• 1996 D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player

• 1996 Nick Schmaltz, American ice hockey player

• 1997 Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player

• 2000 Femke Broeders-Bol, Dutch hurdler and sprinter

• 2002 Alice Litman, English transgender woman

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 715 Al-Walid I, Umayyad caliph (born 668)

• 908 Li Keyong, Shatuo military governor during the Tang dynasty in China (born 856)

• 943 Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (born 884)

• 943 David I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)

• 1011 Willigis, German archbishop (born 940)

• 1100 Emperor Zhezong of Song (born 1076)

• 1270 Isabel of France (born 1225)

• 1447 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)

• 1447 Pope Eugene IV (born 1383)

• 1464 Emperor Yingzong of Ming (born 1427)

• 1473 Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (born 1410)

• 1526 Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (born c. 1479)

• 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (born 1515)

1601–1900

• 1603 Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (born 1519)

• 1603 Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (born 1540)

• 1620 Nicholas Fuller, English politician (born 1543)

• 1704 Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (born 1653)

• 1766 Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (born 1677)

• 1781 George Taylor, Founding Father of the United States (born 1716)

• 1792 Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (born 1723)

• 1821 John Keats, English poet (born 1795)

• 1844 Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada, Brazilian politician, twice Minister of Finance, brother of José Bonifácio and Antônio Carlos (born 1775)

• 1848 John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (born 1767)

• 1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1777)

• 1859 Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (born 1812)

• 1871 Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (born 1827)

• 1879 Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (born 1803)

• 1897 Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (born 1828)

• 1900 Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1867)

1901–present

• 1908 Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (born 1823)

• 1918 Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1882)

• 1930 Horst Wessel, German SA officer (born 1907)

• 1931 Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (born 1861)

• 1932 Hadley Williams, Canadian surgeon and educator (born 1864)

• 1934 Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (born 1857)

• 1944 Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (born 1863)

• 1946 Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (born 1885)

• 1948 John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (born 1866)

• 1955 Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (born 1868)

• 1965 Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (born 1890)

• 1969 Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (born 1933)

• 1969 Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (born 1902)

• 1973 Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)

• 1974 Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (born 1895)

• 1976 L. S. Lowry, English painter (born 1887)

• 1979 W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (born 1900)

• 1983 Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (born 1892)

• 1990 José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (born 1925)

• 1995 James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (born 1916)

• 1997 Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1945)

• 1998 Philip Abbott, American actor and director (born 1924)

• 1999 The Renegade, American wrestler (born 1965)

• 2000 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (born 1957)

• 2000 Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (born 1915)

• 2003 Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)

• 2003 Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (born 1910)

• 2004 Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1934)

• 2004 Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1918)

• 2006 Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1912)

• 2006 Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (born 1921)

• 2007 Hanna Barysevich, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of World Records (born 1888)

• 2007 John Ritchie, English footballer (born 1941)

• 2008 Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (born 1950)

• 2008 Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (born 1917)

• 2010 Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (born 1967)

• 2011 Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (born 1923)

• 2012 William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)

• 2012 David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (born 1924)

• 2012 Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (born 1919)

• 2013 Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (born 1918)

• 2013 Joseph Friedenson, Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (born 1922)

• 2013 Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (born 1920)

• 2013 Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (born 1945)

• 2014 Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (born 1903)

• 2014 Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1919)

• 2015 James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (born 1918)

• 2015 Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1942)

• 2016 Peter Lustig, German television host and author (born 1937)

• 2016 Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (born 1928)

• 2019 Katherine Helmond, American actress (born 1929)

• 2021 Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1930)

• 2023 Tony Earl, American politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1936)

• 2023 John Motson, English football commentator (born 1945)

• 2024 Flaco, Eurasian eagle-owl (born 2010)

• 2025 Larry Dolan, American attorney (born 1931)

• 2025 Chris Jasper, American singer, composer and producer (born 1951)

• 2025 Al Trautwig, American sports commentator (born 1956)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

• Polycarp of Smyrna

• Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga

• Serenus the Gardener

• Willigis

• February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)

• Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)

• National Day (Brunei)

Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics:

• Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)

• Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)

• Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan) (Tajikistan)

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day

• Historical Events on February 23