This Day in History
Today: February 1, 2026
1327
The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.[1]
1411
The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).[2]
1662
The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.[3]
1713
The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.[4]
1793
French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1796
The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1814
Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1835
Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.[5]
1861
American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
1864
Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.[6]
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