Day In History
This Day in History
Today: February 22, 2026
1076
Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate,[1] Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.[2]
1316
The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.[3]
1371
Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.[4]
1495
King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.[5]
1632
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.[6]
1651
St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.[7]
1744
War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.[8]
1770
British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution.[9]
1797
The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.[10]
1819
By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.[11]
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