Thursday, February 21, 2019

On This Day in History

February 21, 2019

Historical Events

1173  Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
1613  Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov
1804  1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for the 1st time, along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
1916  World War I: Battle of Verdun begins, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties
1922  Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state
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