* February 9-Elizabeth von Arnim, novelist

Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister of 25 January 1983, and the norms issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1983, for its implementation on diocesan level continued the work of simplification already initiated by Pope Paul VI.

On 5 February 1885, the Congo Free State was established under Leopold II's personal rule, an area 76 times larger than Belgium, which Leopold was free to control through his private army, the Force Publique.

The college lost no time in seeking royal favour again after Edward II's deposition, and Edward III confirmed his father's favour in February 1327, but the amended statutes remained in force with the Bishop of Lincoln as Visitor.

The first Griffith Memorial Lecture indicates that Fred Griffith died on the night of 17 April 1941 — though the fourth lecture indicates that he died in his apartment in February 1941 — alongside friend and colleague William M. Scott amid an air raid during World War II's London Blitz.

Recent DNA analysis sponsored by the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass published in February 2010, identified The Elder Lady in a side chamber of Amenhotep II's tomb ( KV35 ) as Queen Tiye .< ref name =" autogenerated640 "> Hawass, Zahi et al.

On King Charles II's death in February 1685 Monmouth led the " Monmouth Rebellion ", landing with three ships at Lyme Regis in Dorset in early June 1685 in an attempt to take the throne from his uncle.

In February 1535 — 1536 new style — it passed to France, during a full-scale French invasion of Savoy, but was restored to Duke Philibert Emmanuel in 1559, when he married Henri II's sister Marguerite.

The current rules for the election of the Roman Pontiff, those in Pope John Paul II's Universi Dominici Gregis of 22 February 1996, state that cardinals who have reached the age of 80 before the day the see becomes vacant do not have a vote.

The proclamations of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne in February 1952 differed between Canada and the United Kingdom ; in the latter, the new queen was referred to unconventionally as Queen Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, Queen of this Realm, and of Her other Realms and Territories, while the Canadian Privy Council adhered to the letter of the law, calling the sovereign Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas.

* February 6-Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Canada

The Champion Company of the Corps of Staff Cadets is named after the Sovereign's Company and it carries the Queen Elizabeth II's banner, which was first presented to the Corps of Staff Cadets by Her Majesty the Queen Mother on February 26, 1958.

On 8 February 1354 he was together with the Guy, Cardinal of Boulogne appointed as King John II's commissioners to King Charles II of Navarre, empowered to offer whatever Charles wanted.

Since King George VI died in 1952 at Sandringham, Queen Elizabeth II's custom has been to spend the anniversary of her father's death and her own Accession privately with her family at the House, and use it as her official base until February.

He attended Edward II's coronation in February 1308, and on 24 March turned the custody of the Tower of London over to John Cromwell.

As agreed with the Allies at the Tehran Conference ( November 1943 ) and the Yalta Conference ( February 1945 ), the Soviet Union entered World War II's Pacific Theater within three months of the end of the war in Europe.

In February 1182 Coutances witnessed King Henry II's will, made before the king travelled to Normandy.

The German province of Upper Silesia was conquered by the Soviet Red Army from February until the end of March 1945 during World War II's Lower and Upper Silesian Offensives.

The French excavator, Pierre Montet discovered Osorkon II's plundered royal tomb at Tanis on February 27, 1939.

Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the February Revolution, was its commander-in-chief under the Russian Provisional Government from March to May of 1917.

The Merciless Parliament, a term coined by Augustinian chronicler Henry Knighton, refers to the English parliamentary session of February through June 1388, at which many members of Richard II's Court were convicted of treason.

* İbrahim Edhem Pasha, born of Greek ancestry on the island of Chios, Ottoman statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier in the beginning of Abdulhamid II's reign between 5 February 1877 and 11 January 1878

In February 1991, VMA-513 deployed for operations in Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, employing their new Harrier II's in support of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit ; logging 103 combat sorties with no losses.

In February 1684 he became Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy of Naples, perhaps through the influence of his sister, an opera singer, who might have been the mistress of an influential Neapolitan noble.

In February 1577, it was rumoured that Oxford's sister Mary would marry Lord Gerald Fitzgerald ( 1559 – 1580 ), but by 2 July, she was linked with Peregrine Bertie, later Lord Willoughby d ' Eresby.

On 14 February 1479 at Frankfurt ( Oder ) he was married to Sophia of Poland ( 6 April 1464-5 October 1512 ), daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland by his wife Elisabeth of Habsburg, and sister of King Sigismund I of Poland.

In February 2010, the results of DNA tests confirmed that he was the son of Akhenaten ( mummy KV55 ) and Akhenaten's sister and wife ( mummy KV35YL ), whose name is unknown but whose remains are positively identified as " The Younger Lady " mummy found in KV35 .< ref name =" Hawass2010 "> Hawass, Zahi et al.

Thomas Bowdler (; 11 July 1754 – 24 February 1825 ) was an English physician and philanthropist, best known for publishing The Family Shakspeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work, edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler, intended to be more appropriate for 19th century women and children than the original.

* English translation of a letter of Theophan the Recluse to the husband of his sister of 12th of February 1874

Grace had to catch up with his studies at Bristol Medical School and he and his wife and son lived at Downend until February 1875 with his mother, brother Fred and sister Fanny.

* February 12 – Alice Cary, American poet, sister to Phoebe Cary ( 1824 – 1871 ) ( b. 1820 )

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ( Margaret Rose ; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002 ) was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI.

* February 18 – Asahi no kata, Japanese lady, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sister ( b. 1543 )

The situation changed again on 10 February 1306, when Robert the Bruce murdered his rival John Comyn and a few weeks later, on 25 March, had himself crowned king of Scotland by Isobel, sister of the Earl of Buchan.

In February 1922, Elizabeth was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Albert's sister, Princess Mary, to Viscount Lascelles.

In February 2007, six months after her sister, Luisel Ramos-also a model-died, Uruguayan model Eliana Ramos became the third fashion model to die of malnutrition in six months.

In February 1949, Silver City established a French sister airline headquartered in Paris to operate vehicle ferry flights from Le Touquet Airport.

Samuel Pepys saw the hybrid play on 18 February 1662 ; he describes it in his Diary as " a good play, and well performed " – he was especially impressed by the singing and dancing of the young actress who played Viola, Beatrice's sister ( Davenant's creation ).

After his parents were married in early 1396, Henry, his two brothers and one sister were declared legitimate by the pope and legitimated by Act of Parliament on 9 February 1397, but they were barred from the succession to the throne.

In February 1566 Bothwell married Jean Gordon, sister of Sir John Gordon and of the Earl of Huntly.

* In February 1943, university students Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst of the White Rose protest movement, were beheaded for distributing anti-war and anti-Nazi leaflets.

In February 2009, Strikeforce announced a three-year broadcast agreement with Showtime, allowing it to broadcast up to 16 events per year, as well as a deal with sister network CBS for an option to produce up to four events for them.

Three of de Havilland's Gone with the Wind co-stars are alive as of October 2012: Alicia Rhett ( born February 1, 1915 ), who played Ashley Wilkes's sister India Wilkes, is the oldest surviving cast member.

Delia Bacon ( February 2, 1811 – September 2, 1859 ) was an American writer of plays and short stories, a sister of the Congregational minister Leonard Bacon.

In February 2002 Spears made her acting debut in the Paramount Pictures Drama film Crossroads which starred her sister Britney who portrayed the central character Lucy Wagner.

Meanwhile, Catherine Grey's sister, Lady Jane, and her father, the Duke of Suffolk, had been executed in February 1554 after the collapse of Wyatt's Rebellion.

Ozu returned to Japan in February 1946, and moved back in with his mother, who had been staying with his sister in Noda in Chiba prefecture.