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Imperial Government secretly decided on another confrontation against the French
Austria
Feb 8 1809
Wed 02:05:00
After four years on the sidelines, Austria sought another war with France to avenge its recent defeats. Austria could not count on Russian support because the latter was at war with Britain, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire in 1809. Although Archduke Charles warned that the Austrians were not ready for another showdown with Napoleon, a stance that landed him in the so-called "peace party", he did not want to see the army demobilized either. On 8 February 1809, the advocates for war finally succeeded when the Imperial Government secretly decided on another confrontation against the French.
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1783 Calabrian earthquakes
Severe damage extended 15 km along the front of the Serre Mountains
Fri Feb 7 1783
This event occurred at about midday 40 km NE of the first mainshock on the 5th. Severe damage extended 15 km along the front of the Serre Mountains, leveling all the villages between Acquaro and Soriano Calabro. The earthquake is thought to have involved the rupturing of the southern segment of the Serre fault that bounds the Mesima Basin.
1783 Calabrian earthquakes
Napoleon
Battle of Eylau
Sat Feb 7 1807
Napoleon marched against the advancing Russian armies through Poland and was involved in the bloody stalemate at the Battle of Eylau in February 1807.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge
Birth
Fri Feb 7 1919
Desmond Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, to William Thomas Doss (1893–1989), a carpenter, and Bertha Edward Doss (née Oliver) (1899–1983), a homemaker and shoe factory worker. He grew up in the Fairview Heights area of Lynchburg, Virginia, alongside his older sister Audrey and younger brother Harold.
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Spanish Civil War
Battle of Jarama
Mon Feb 7 1927
The consolidation of various militias into the Republican Army had started in December 1936. The main Nationalist advance to cross the Jarama and cut the supply to Madrid by the Valencia road, termed the Battle of Jarama, led to heavy casualties (6,000–20,000) on both sides. The operation's main objective was not met, though Nationalists gained a modest amount of territory.
Battle of Madrid (Spanish Civil War)
Winston Churchill
Churchill arrived home
Sun Feb 7 1943
From Morocco, Churchill went to Cairo, Adana, Cyprus, Cairo again, and Algiers for various purposes. Churchill arrived home on 7 February having been out for the country for nearly a month.
Winston Churchill
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Napoleon
Treaty of Lunéville
Mon Feb 9 1801
As a result, the Austrians capitulated and signed the Treaty of Lunéville in February 1801. The treaty reaffirmed and expanded earlier French gains at Campo Formio.
Napoleon Bonaparte
German revolutions of 1848–1849
Demonstration in Bavaria
Wed Feb 9 1848
On February 9, conservatives came out onto the streets in protest.
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Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States of America
Sat Feb 9 1861
Six of these states declared themselves to be a sovereign nation, the Confederate States of America, and adopted a constitution.
Abraham Lincoln
Nikola Tesla
Talking With Planets
Sat Feb 9 1901
Tesla expanded on the signals he heard in a 9 February 1901 Collier's Weekly article entitled "Talking With Planets", where he said it had not been immediately apparent to him that he was hearing "intelligently controlled signals" and that the signals could have come from Mars, Venus, or other planets.
Nikola Tesla
Christopher Paul Gardner
Birth
Tue Feb 9 1954
Gardner was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 9, 1954, to Thomas Turner and Bettye Jean Gardner. He was the second child and the only boy born to Bettye Jean. His older half-sister, Ophelia, is from a previous union. His younger sisters, Sharon and Kimberly, are children from his mother's marriage to Freddie Triplett.
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Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Battle of Yiwulu
Sat Feb 4 73
A punitive Han expedition against the Xiongnu captured territory in the area of modern Hami City.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
He of Han died
Fri Feb 13 105
He of Han died.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
Roman Empire
Antoninus Pius "adopted son"
Tue Feb 25 138
Antoninus Pius acquired much favor with Hadrian, who adopted him as his son and successor on 25 February 138, after the death of his first adopted son Lucius Aelius, on the condition that Antoninus would, in turn, adopt Marcus Annius Verus, the son of his wife's brother, and Lucius, son of Lucius Aelius, who afterward became the emperors, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Chong of Han died
Mon Feb 15 145
Chong of Han died.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Campaign against Dong Zhuo
Mon Feb 1 190
A coalition led by Yuan Shao gathered at Hangu Pass in anticipation of an expedition against Dong.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.
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