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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[303]] &ndash; [[Roman emperor]] [[Diocletian]] orders the destruction of the Christian church in [[Nicomedia]], beginning eight years of [[Diocletianic Persecution]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Wang |title=Christianity and Imperial Culture: Chinese Christian Apologetics in the Seventeenth Century and their Latin Patristic Equivalent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9XzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |date=26 January 1998 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-32000-0 |pages=16 |access-date=20 February 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132818/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9XzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[532]] &ndash; [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Justinian I]] lays the foundation stone of a new [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] [[basilica]] in [[Constantinople]] &ndash; the [[Hagia Sophia]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Edith A. Browne |title=Romanesque Architecture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7u0QekMlCZwC |year=1912 |publisher=A. and C. Black |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114040446/https://books.google.com/books?id=7u0QekMlCZwC |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[628]] &ndash; [[Khosrow II]], last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Walter E. Kaegi|title=Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC&pg=PA174|date=27 March 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81459-1|pages=174–|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802171450/https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC&pg=PA174|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[705]] &ndash; Empress [[Wu Zetian]] abdicates the throne, restoring the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|author=International Association of Buddhist Studies|title=The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frIEAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=International Association of Buddhist Studies|page=33|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802171449/https://books.google.com/books?id=frIEAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1455]] &ndash; Traditionally the date of publication of the [[Gutenberg Bible]], the first [[Western culture|Western]] [[book]] printed with [[movable type]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Los Angeles School Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eURnw3pgQ7wC|year=1930|publisher=Education Associations of Los Angeles|page=10|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802170912/https://books.google.com/books?id=eURnw3pgQ7wC|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads his ''[[Tafelmusik|Tafel-Music]]'' ''[[Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a|Shepherd Cantata]]'' for the birthday of [[Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000318?lang=en
  | title = Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet ihr Sorgen BWV 249.1; BWV 249a; BC [G 2]
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2025
  | access-date = 19 February 2025
  }}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Berbice slave uprising]] in [[Guyana]]: The first major slave revolt in South America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guyanasouthamerica.gy/people/history-and-historical-stories/cuffy-statue-or-the-1763-monument/the-1763-berbice-slave-rebellion/|title=The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion|website=People, History and Culture of Guyana|access-date=23 February 2022|archive-date=23 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223224150/https://guyanasouthamerica.gy/people/history-and-historical-stories/cuffy-statue-or-the-1763-monument/the-1763-berbice-slave-rebellion/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/dutch-exhibition-offers-new-insight-into-berbice-slave-uprising |title=Dutch exhibition offers new insight into Berbice slave uprising |first=Daniel |last=Boffey |date=22 January 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|Baron von Steuben]] arrives at [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]], to help train the [[Continental Army]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Cato Street Conspiracy]]: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.<ref>{{cite book |author=John Campbell Baron Campbell |title=The Lives of the Chief Justices of England |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |year=1881 |publisher=F. D. Linn |pages=98 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150558/https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: The [[Siege of the Alamo]] (prelude to the [[Battle of the Alamo]]) begins in [[San Antonio, Texas]].
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: [[Battle of Buena Vista]]: In Mexico, American troops under future president General [[Zachary Taylor]] defeat Mexican General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]].
*[[1854]] &ndash; The official independence of the [[Orange Free State]], South Africa is declared.
*[[1861]] &ndash; President-elect [[Abraham Lincoln]] arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged [[Baltimore Plot|assassination plot]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Reconstruction Era]]: Post-[[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] military control of [[Mississippi]] ends and it is readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to enact an [[Competition law|anti-trust law]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Sino-French War]]: French Army gains an important victory in the [[Battle of Đồng Đăng (1885)|Battle of Đồng Đăng]] in the [[Tonkin]] region of Vietnam.
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Charles Martin Hall]] produced the first samples of [[aluminium]] from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, [[Julia Brainerd Hall]].<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |title=The Aluminium False Twins. Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult's First Experiments and Technological Options |last=Laparra |first=Maurice |journal=Cahiers d'Histoire de l'Aluminium |date=2012 |pages=84–105 |doi=10.3917/cha.048.0084 |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001741/https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[French Riviera]] is hit by a [[1887 Liguria earthquake|large earthquake]], killing around 2,000.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]] is imprisoned in France after writing ''[[J'Accuse…!]]'', a letter accusing the French government of [[antisemitism]] and wrongfully imprisoning [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]] [[Alfred Dreyfus]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: During the [[Battle of the Tugela Heights]], the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Cuba]] leases [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantánamo Bay]] to the United States "in perpetuity".
*[[1905]] &ndash; Chicago attorney [[Paul P. Harris|Paul Harris]] and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the [[Rotary Club]], the world's first [[service club]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; The [[AEA Silver Dart]] makes the first powered flight in Canada and the [[British Empire]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; First demonstrations in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. The beginning of the [[February Revolution]] (March 8 in the [[Gregorian calendar]]).
*[[1927]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs a bill by [[United States Congress|Congress]] establishing the [[Federal Radio Commission]] (later replaced by the [[Federal Communications Commission]]) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
*  1927   &ndash; German [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] [[Werner Heisenberg]] writes a letter to fellow physicist [[Wolfgang Pauli]], in which he describes his [[uncertainty principle]] for the first time.
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]] becomes King of [[Belgium]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Plutonium]] is first produced and isolated by Dr. [[Glenn T. Seaborg]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] submarines [[Bombardment of Ellwood|fire artillery shells]] at the coastline near [[Santa Barbara, California]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Cavan Orphanage fire]] kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.
*  1943   &ndash; [[Greek Resistance]]: The [[United Panhellenic Organization of Youth]] is founded in Greece.
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] begins the [[Operation Lentil (Caucasus)|forced deportation]] of the [[Chechens|Chechen]] and [[Ingush people]] from the [[North Caucasus]] to Central Asia.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], a group of [[United States Marine]]s reach the top of [[Mount Suribachi]] on the island and are [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|photographed raising the American flag]].
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Airborne Division]], with [[Filipinos|Filipino]] guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]] internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The capital of the [[Philippines]], [[Manila]], is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: Capitulation of [[Nazi Germany|German]] garrison in [[Poznań]]. The city is [[Battle of Poznań (1945)|liberated]] by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[History of Poland (1939–45)|Polish]] forces.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: The German town of [[Pforzheim]] is [[Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II|annihilated]] in a raid by 379 British bombers.
*  1945   &ndash; [[American Airlines Flight 009]] crashes near [[Rural Retreat, Virginia]], killing 17.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3-277 NC18142 Rural Retreat, VA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19450223-0 |access-date=22 June 2023 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[International Organization for Standardization]] is founded.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The first mass inoculation of children against [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] with the [[Jonas Salk|Salk]] [[vaccine]] begins in [[Pittsburgh]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; Five-time Argentine [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] is kidnapped by rebels involved in the [[Cuban Revolution]], on the eve of the [[Cuban Grand Prix]]. He was released the following day after the race.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Kidnapped in Cuba: F1 legend Fangio's run-in with revolutionaries |url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28999493/when-f1-legend-fangio-was-kidnapped-cuba |access-date=2021-05-17 |publisher=ESPN |archive-date=2021-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517154652/https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28999493/when-f1-legend-fangio-was-kidnapped-cuba |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; In [[Syria]], [[Ba'ath Party]] member [[Salah Jadid]] leads an intra-party military [[coup]] that [[1966 Syrian coup d'état|replaces]] the previous government of General [[Amin al-Hafiz]], also a Baathist.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Operation Lam Son 719]]: South Vietnamese General [[Do Cao Tri]] was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fulghum |first1=David |last2=Maitland |first2=Terrence |title=The Vietnam Experience South Vietnam on Trial: Mid-1970–1972 |publisher=Boston Publishing Company |year=1984 |isbn=0-939526-10-7 |page=61}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; The [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim [[Patty Hearst]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Iran hostage crisis]]: [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
*[[1981]] &ndash; In Spain, [[Antonio Tejero]] attempts [[23-F|a coup d'état]] by capturing the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxin]]-contaminated community of [[Times Beach, Missouri]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Supernova 1987a]] is seen in the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; Saddam Hussein begins the [[Anfal genocide]] against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.<ref>{{cite book |title=Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds |publisher=Human Rights Watch |date=July 1993 |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ |isbn=1-56432-108-8 |access-date=2020-10-01 |archive-date=2010-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019060336/http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; In [[Thailand]], General [[Sunthorn Kongsompong]] leads a bloodless [[coup d'état]], [[1991 Thai coup d'état|deposing]] Prime Minister [[Chatichai Choonhavan]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; In the United States, [[1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak|tornadoes in central Florida]] destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Kurds|Kurdish]] rebel leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]] is charged with [[treason]] in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
*  1999   &ndash; An [[avalanche]] [[1999 Galtür avalanche|buries the town]] of [[Galtür]], Austria, killing 31.<ref name="bbc-anatomy">{{cite web|last=Paterson|first=Bill|date=25 November 1999|title=Anatomy of an Avalanche|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/avalanche_script.shtml|work=BBC|access-date=7 February 2014|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416085822/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/avalanche_script.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="national-geographic">{{cite web|date=|title=Seconds from Disaster: Alpine Tsunami|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOa24my8HhU|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=7 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; A [[Grayrigg derailment|train derails]] on an evening express service near [[Grayrigg]], [[Cumbria]], England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[United States Air Force]] [[B-2 Spirit]] bomber [[2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident|crashes on Guam]], marking  the first operational loss of a B-2.
*[[2010]] &ndash; Unknown criminals pour more than {{frac|2|1|2}} million liters of [[diesel oil]] and other [[hydrocarbon]]s into the river [[Lambro]], in northern Italy, sparking an [[environmental disaster]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[23 February 2012 Iraq attacks|series of attacks]] across [[Iraq]] leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The Turkish-backed [[Free Syrian Army]] [[Battle of al-Bab|captures Al-Bab]] from [[ISIL]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html |title=Turkey-backed rebels seize Islamic State's al-Bab stronghold in Syria |date=2017-02-23 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2017-02-23 |first1=Louisa |last1=Loveluck |first2=Liz |last2=Sly |archive-date=2017-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224113943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Atlas Air Flight 3591]], a [[Boeing 767]] freighter, crashes into [[Trinity Bay (Texas)|Trinity Bay]] near [[Anahuac, Texas]], killing all three people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA19MA086.aspx |title=DCA19MA086 |website=ntsb.gov |access-date=2019-03-15 |archive-date=2019-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313104623/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA19MA086.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Murder of Ahmaud Arbery|Ahmaud Arbery]], a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]] in [[Glynn County, Georgia]].<ref name="FaussetMay10">{{cite news|last1=Fausset|first1=Richard|date=May 5, 2020|title=What We Know About the Shooting Death of Ahmaud Arbery|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200511074019/https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html|archive-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots|Four simultaneous prison riots]] leave at least 62 people dead in [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At least 62 killed in Ecuadorean prison gang riots |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/ecuador-prison-gang-riots-deaths-7202099/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225144535/https://indianexpress.com/article/world/ecuador-prison-gang-riots-deaths-7202099/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1133]] &ndash; [[Al-Zafir]], Fatimid caliph (died 1154)<ref>{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam | volume = 44 | first = Murat | last = Öztürk | authorlink = | title = Zâfir-Biemrillâh | url = https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/zafir-biemrillah | pages = 69–70}}</ref>
*[[1417]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul II]] (died 1471)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819093421/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-II |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1417   &ndash; [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (died 1479)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Matthias Corvinus]], Hungarian king (died 1490)
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Onofrio Panvinio]], Italian historian (died 1568)
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Henry XI of Legnica]], thrice Duke of Legnica (died 1588)
*  1539   &ndash; [[Salima Sultan Begum]], Empress of the Mughal Empire (died 1612)
*[[1583]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]], French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (died 1656)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Balthazar Gerbier]], Dutch painter (died 1663)

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen]], officer in the Dutch Army (died 1674)<ref>{{aut|Menk, Friedhelm}} (2004). "Die Fürstengruft zu Siegen und die darin von 1669 bis 1781 erfolgten Beisetzungen". In: {{aut|Burwitz, Ludwig}} u.a. (Redaktion), ''Siegener Beiträge. Jahrbuch für regionale Geschichte'' (in German). Vol.&nbsp;9. Siegen: Geschichtswerkstatt Siegen – Arbeitskreis für Regionalgeschichte e.V. p.&nbsp;192; {{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F.&nbsp;&&nbsp;B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome&nbsp;III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234}}</ref>
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Samuel Pepys]], English diarist and politician (died 1703)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Pepys {{!}} English diarist and naval administrator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181518/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], Japanese shōgun (died 1709)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]], Canadian politician, 2nd [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Colonial Governor of Louisiana]] (died 1767)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[George Frideric Handel]], German-English organist and composer (died 1759)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Richard Price]], Welsh-English minister and philosopher (died 1791)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]], German banker and businessman (died 1812)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[José Joaquín de Herrera]], Mexican politician and general (died 1854)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera/ |title=JOSÉ JOAQUÍN DE HERRERA |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico |language=es |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825015405/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Johan Jakob Nervander]], Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (died 1848)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|title=Nervander Johan Jacob|publisher=Agricola|access-date=February 23, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150602/https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Magdalene Osenbroch]], Norwegian actress (died 1854)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jensson|first1=Liv |title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl|isbn=8200056228 |page=128|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=129|language=no}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Willem Mesdag]], Dutch painter (died 1915)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher and author (died 1906)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[César Ritz]], Swiss businessman, founded [[The Ritz Hotel, London]] and [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]] (died 1918)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], American sociologist, historian, and activist (died 1963)
*  1868   &ndash; [[Anna Hofman-Uddgren]], Swedish actress, singer, and director (died 1947)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Liang Qichao]], Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (died 1929)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Päts]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Estonia]] (died 1956)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Kazimir Malevich]], Ukrainian painter and theorist (died 1935)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Karl Jaspers]], German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1969)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Guy C. Wiggins]], American painter (died 1962)
*  [[1884]] &ndash; [[Casimir Funk]], Polish biochemist (died 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Kazimierz Funk and vitamins |url=https://polishhistory.pl/kazimierz-funk-and-vitamins/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Polish History |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Musidora]], French actress and director (died 1957)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Cyril Delevanti]], English-American actor (died 1975)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Victor Fleming]], American director, cinematographer, and producer (died 1949)
*  1889   &ndash; [[John Gilbert Winant]], American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (died 1947)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Harrison]], English actress (died 1995)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Agnes Smedley]], American journalist and writer (died 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |title=Agnes Smedley &#124; American journalist and writer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002816/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Harold Horder]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1978)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Erich Kästner]], German author and poet (died 1974)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Norman Taurog]], American director and screenwriter (died 1981)

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Terence Fisher]], English director and screenwriter (died 1980)
*  1904   &ndash; [[William L. Shirer]], American journalist and historian (died 1993)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 23: Emily Blunt, Emilia Jones |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/23/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-23-Emily-Blunt-Emilia-Jones/2581676767068/#:~:text=23%3A%20Emily%20Blunt%2C%20Emilia%20Jones%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[William McMahon]], Australian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (died 1988)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]], American actor and director (died 1979)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Paul Tibbets]], American general and pilot (died 2007)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Johnny Carey]], Irish footballer and manager (died 1995)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Paul Gérin-Lajoie]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2018)
*[[1922]] – [[Johnny Franz]], English record producer (died 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Franz Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-franz-mn0000995529 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Rafael Addiego Bruno]], Uruguayan jurist and politician, [[President of Uruguay]] (died 2014)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Harry Clarke (footballer, born 1923)|Harry Clarke]], English footballer (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/harry-clarke-39163/ |title=Harry Clarke |website=11v11.com |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218134154/https://www.11v11.com/players/harry-clarke-39163/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Ioannis Grivas]], Greek judge and politician, 176th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 2016)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Dante Lavelli]], American football player (died 2009)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Clarence D. Lester]], American fighter pilot (died 1986)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Mary Francis Shura]], American author (died 1991)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South-African-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1998)<ref>{{Nobelprize|417|name=Allan M. Cormack |accessdate=2024-02-21}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Louis Stokes]], American lawyer and politician (died 2015)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Régine Crespin]], French soprano and actress (died 2007)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Jessica Huntley]], Guyanese activist and publisher (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/27/jessica-huntley|title=Jessica Huntley obituary|first=Margaret|last=Busby|author-link=Margaret Busby|date=27 October 2013|publisher=www.theguardian.com |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Hans Herrmann]], German racing driver
*  1928   &ndash; [[Vasily Lazarev]], Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (died 1990)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]] (died 2008)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Elston Howard]], American baseball player and coach (died 1980)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-American author, poet, and academic (died 2015)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Tom Wesselmann]], American painter and sculptor (died 2004)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Majel Barrett]], American actress and producer (died 2008)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tom Osborne]], American football player, coach, and politician<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Chase]], American broadcast journalist (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news |author=Roberts, Sam |author-link=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/sylvia-chase-dead.html |title=Sylvia Chase, Pioneering Television Newswoman, Is Dead at 80 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 7, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203014707/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/sylvia-chase-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Paul Morrissey]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol's Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/movies/paul-morrissey-dead.html |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Diane Varsi]], American actress (died 1992)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Lee Shaffer]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Shaffer |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78121/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Peter Fonda]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Jackie Smith]], American football player
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Ron Hunt]], American baseball player
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Fred Biletnikoff]], American football player and coach<ref name="AP"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bobby Mitchell (golfer)|Bobby Mitchell]], American golfer (died 2018)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Bernard Cornwell]], English author and educator
*  1944   &ndash; [[Florian Fricke]], German keyboard player and composer (died 2001)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Johnny Winter]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Allan Boesak]], South African cleric and politician
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Rusty Young (musician)|Rusty Young]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pia Kjærsgaard]], Danish politician, [[List of Speakers of the Folketing|Speaker of the Danish Parliament]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Elizabeth Sleeman |title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA301 |year=2001 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-85743-122-3 |pages=301 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150559/https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA301 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Anton Mosimann]], Swiss chef and author<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Authors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6ziAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-5551-4 |page=326 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150600/https://books.google.com/books?id=J6ziAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Bill Alexander (director)|Bill Alexander]], English director and producer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Trevor Cherry]], English footballer (died 2020)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Steve Priest]], English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2020)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[César Aira]], Argentine author and translator
*  1949 &ndash; [[Marc Garneau]], Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2025 |title=Canada's first astronaut and former Foreign Minister Marc Garneau dies at 76 |url=https://apnews.com/article/former-astronaut-marc-garneau-dies-b0ef1ebe5c71b129cfae60d33ff1e23a |access-date=June 5, 2025 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Goldstein]], American philosopher and author
*  1950   &ndash; [[John Greaves (musician)|John Greaves]], Welsh bass guitarist and composer<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9 |access-date=2020-10-01 |archive-date=2021-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143040/https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Eddie Dibbs]], American tennis player
*  1951   &ndash; [[Debbie Friedman]], American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news |title=Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|website=The New York Times|date=11 January 2011 |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit|author-link=Margalit Fox }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Ed "Too Tall" Jones]], American football player and boxer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Patricia Richardson]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Brad Whitford]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kenny Bee]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*  1953   &ndash; [[Satoru Nakajima]], Japanese racing driver
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Rajini Thiranagama]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 1989)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Viktor Yushchenko]], Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd [[President of Ukraine]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Flip Saunders]], American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Francesca Simon]], American-British author<ref>{{cite web |last=McCrum|first= Robert|author-link=Robert McCrum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/francesca-simon-books-interview |title=Francesca Simon: 'When I started out, people would ask: "When will you write for adults?{{"'}} |publisher=[[theguardian.com]] |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=2014-02-19}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Sandra Osborne]], Scottish politician
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Charlie Brandt]], American serial killer (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@jade00townsend/the-case-of-charlie-brandt-a56ecded39e9 | title=The case of Charlie Brandt|first=Jade |last=Townsend |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]| date=29 December 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[David Sylvian]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Clayton Anderson]], American engineer and astronaut
*  1959 &ndash; [[Nick de Bois]], English politician
*  1959 &ndash; [[Ian Liddell-Grainger]], Scottish soldier and politician
*  1959 &ndash; [[Linda Nolan]], Irish singer and actress (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Linda Nolan: Singer dies aged 65, two decades after cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ezlgzj4vvo |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Naruhito, Emperor of Japan]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Michael Wilton]], American guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Bobby Bonilla]], American baseball player
*  1963   &ndash; [[Radosław Sikorski]], Polish journalist and politician, 11th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland]]
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[John Norum]], Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Kristin Davis]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 23, 2023 includes celebrities Emily Blunt, Josh Gad |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-23-2023-includes-celebrities-emily-blunt-josh-gad.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Michael Dell]], American businessman
*  1965   &ndash; [[Helena Suková]], Czech-Monacan tennis player
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Steve Stricker]], American golfer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Chris Vrenna]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Michael Campbell]], New Zealand golfer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Martine Croxall]], English journalist and television news presenter
*  1969   &ndash; [[Daymond John]], American fashion designer and businessman, founded [[FUBU]]<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Bhagyashree]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/photo/pics-madhuri-dixit-nushrratt-bharuccha-neena-gupta-bhagyashree-birthday-bash-2506567-2024-02-24|title=Pics: Madhuri Dixit, Nushrratt Bharuccha, celebs at Bhagyashree's birthday bash|date=24 February 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Niecy Nash]], American actress and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Carin Koch]], Swedish golfer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Melinda Messenger]], English model and television host
*  1971   &ndash; [[Joe-Max Moore]], American soccer player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Sturba]], Italian footballer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Rondell White]], American baseball player
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jeff Nordgaard]], American-Polish basketball player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Herschelle Gibbs]], South African cricketer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Robbi Kempson]], South African rugby player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Michael Cornacchia]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1975   &ndash; [[Robert Lopez]], American songwriter and playwright<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Kelly Macdonald]], Scottish actress<ref>{{cite book |author=((Editors of Chase's )) |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |pages=143 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150600/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Kristina Šmigun-Vähi]], Estonian skier
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Residente]], Puerto Rican singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Dan Snyder (ice hockey)|Dan Snyder]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2003)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Gareth Barry]], English footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|177648}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Josh Gad]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Charles Tillman]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Tillman |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4493/charles-tillman |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Jia Perkins]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Jia Perkins |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100952/jia-perkins |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Karan Singh Grover]], Indian actor<ref name="Narayan">{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/photos-karan-singh-grover-birthday-party-yatch-with-jennifer-winget-132790.html |title=Photos: Karan Singh Grover's Birthday Party On {{sic|Yat|ch|expected=yacht|nolink=y}} With Jennifer Winget |date=25 February 2014 |first=Girija |last=Narayan |publisher=Oneindia entertainment |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022547/https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/photos-karan-singh-grover-birthday-party-yatch-with-jennifer-winget-132790.html%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Aziz Ansari]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Emily Blunt]], English actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mido (footballer)|Mido]], Egyptian footballer, manager and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26761 |title=Ahmed Mido |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917162653/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26761 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Dijon Thompson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dijon Thompson |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/2788 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Emerson Conceição]], Brazilian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Skylar Grey]], American singer-songwriter
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kazuya Kamenashi]], Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jerod Mayo]], American football player and coach
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ola Svensson]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Ab-Soul]], American rapper
*  1987   &ndash; [[Malik Hairston]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Hairston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201612/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Theophilus London]], Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Nicolás Gaitán]], Argentine footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Evan Bates]], American ice dancer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Jérémy Pied]], French footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Wilin Rosario]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilin Rosario |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/wilin-rosario-501647 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Kevin Connauton]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Marco Scandella]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Casemiro]], Brazilian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Kyriakos Papadopoulos]], Greek footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Samara Weaving]], Australian actress and model<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Dakota Fanning]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Triptii Dimri]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2021 |title=EXCLUSIVE: "Before becoming an actor, I used to wish for that one opportunity to work in the film industry"- Triptii Dimri ahead of her birthday |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-becoming-actor-used-wish-one-opportunity-work-film-industry-triptii-dimri-ahead-birthday/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124113822/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-becoming-actor-used-wish-one-opportunity-work-film-industry-triptii-dimri-ahead-birthday/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Andrew Wiggins]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Wiggins |url=https://www.nba.com/players/andrew/wiggins/203952 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206231318/https://www.nba.com/players/Andrew/Wiggins/203952 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[D'Angelo Russell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=D'Angelo Russell |url=https://www.nba.com/players/d'angelo/russell/1626156 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531042927/https://www.nba.com/players/d%27angelo/russell/1626156 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jamal Murray]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamal Murray |url=https://www.nba.com/players/jamal/murray/1627750 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091004/https://www.nba.com/players/jamal/murray/1627750 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Femke Bol]], Dutch hurdler and sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Femke Bol |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145442 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Emilia Jones]], English actress<ref name="UPI"/>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[715]] &ndash; [[Al-Walid I]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph (born 668)
* [[908]] &ndash; [[Li Keyong]], [[Shatuo]] military governor during the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]] (born 856)
* [[943]] &ndash; [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]], (born 884)
*   943   &ndash; [[David I of Klarjeti|David I]], prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
*[[1011]] &ndash; [[Willigis]], German archbishop (born 940)
*[[1100]] &ndash; [[Emperor Zhezong]] of Song (born 1076)
*[[1270]] &ndash; [[Isabelle of France (saint)|Isabel of France]] (born 1225)
*[[1447]] &ndash; [[Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester]] (born 1390)
*  1447   &ndash; [[Pope Eugene IV]] (born 1383)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugenius IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503193933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1464]] &ndash; [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming]] (born 1427)
*[[1473]] &ndash; [[Arnold, Duke of Gelderland]] (born 1410)
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Diego Colón]], Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (born c. 1479)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire]] (born 1515)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Andrea Cesalpino]], Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (born 1519)
*  1603   &ndash; [[Franciscus Vieta]], French mathematician (born 1540)
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (born 1543)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Georg Muffat]], French organist and composer (born 1653)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Leszczyński]], Polish king (born 1677)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]], Founding Father of the United States (born 1716)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (born 1723)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John Keats]], English poet (born 1795)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada]], Brazilian politician, twice [[Ministry of the Economy (Brazil)|Minister of Finance]], brother of [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva|José Bonifácio]] and [[Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada|Antônio Carlos]] (born 1775)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rio Branco |first=Barão do |url=https://funag.gov.br/biblioteca-nova/produto/loc_pdf/129/6/obras_do_barao_do_rio_branco_-_volume_vi_a_._efemerides_brasileiras_-_capa_mole.pdf |title=Efemérides Brasileiras |publisher=Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão |year=2012 |isbn=978-85-7631-357-1 |location=Brasília |pages=174–175 |language=pt |oclc=842885255}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[John Quincy Adams]], American politician, 6th [[President of the United States]] (born 1767)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]], German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1777)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Krasiński]], Polish poet and playwright (born 1812)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Amanda Cajander]], Finnish medical reformer (born 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hautausmaita |website=Hautausmaita |url=http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |language=fi |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524153835/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Albrecht von Roon]], Prussian soldier and politician, 10th [[Minister President of Prussia]] (born 1803)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Woldemar Bargiel]], German composer and educator (born 1828)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ernest Dowson]], English poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1867)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Friedrich von Esmarch]], German surgeon and academic (born 1823)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (born 1882)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Horst Wessel]], German [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] officer (born 1907)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Nellie Melba]], Australian soprano and actress (born 1861)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Edward Elgar]], English composer and academic (born 1857)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Leo Baekeland]], Belgian-American chemist and engineer (born 1863)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], Japanese general (born 1885)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[John Robert Gregg]], Irish-American publisher and educator (born 1866)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Paul Claudel]], French poet and playwright (born 1868)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Stan Laurel]], English actor and comedian (born 1890)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Madhubala]], Indian actress and producer (born 1933)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Saud of Saudi Arabia|Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], 2nd [[King of Saudi Arabia]] (born 1902)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Dickinson W. Richards]], American physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1895)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Harry Ruby]], American composer and screenwriter (born 1895)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[L. S. Lowry]], English painter (born 1887)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[W. A. C. Bennett]], Canadian businessman and politician, 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (born 1900)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Herbert Howells]], English organist and composer (born 1892)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[José Napoleón Duarte]], Salvadoran engineer and politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (born 1925)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[James Herriot]], English veterinarian and author (born 1916)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1945)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Philip Abbott]], American actor and director (born 1924)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[The Renegade (wrestler)|The Renegade]], American wrestler (born 1965)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ofra Haza]], Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (born 1957)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Stanley Matthews]], English footballer and manager (born 1915)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Howie Epstein]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and academic (born 1910)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1934)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Sikander Bakht]], Indian politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (born 1918)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Shamsul Huq]], Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1912)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|author=[[Sirajul Islam|Islam, Sirajul]]|article=Huq, Muhammad Shamsul}}</ref>
*  2006   &ndash; [[Telmo Zarra]], Spanish footballer (born 1921)
*  2007 &ndash; [[Hanna Barysiewicz]], the oldest female resident of [[Belarus]] not registered by the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' (born 1888)<ref>{{Cite web |title=''World's Oldest Claimants (with at least a claimed birth date) (as of May 1, 2007)'' |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093051/http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-date=2010-12-01 |access-date=2010-06-16 |page= |via=grg.org}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[John Ritchie (footballer, born 1941)|John Ritchie]], English footballer (born 1941)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Janez Drnovšek]], Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Slovenia]] (born 1950)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver and journalist (born 1917)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Orlando Zapata]], Cuban plumber and activist (born 1967)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Nirmala Srivastava]], Indian religious leader, founded [[Sahaja Yoga]] (born 1923)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[William Raggio]], American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Sayre]], American physicist and mathematician (born 1924)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Kazimierz Żygulski]], Polish sociologist and activist (born 1919)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Eugene Bookhammer]], American soldier and politician, 18th [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware]] (born 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Joseph Friedenson]], Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |title=Agudah Editor Joseph Friedenson Dies at 90 |date=February 26, 2013 |website=[[Forward.com]] |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013130934/https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Julien Ries]], Belgian cardinal (born 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lotika Sarkar]], Indian lawyer and academic (born 1945)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], Czech-English [[Holocaust survivor]], pianist and educator (born 1903)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Roger Hilsman]], American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1919)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[James Aldridge]], Australian-English journalist and author (born 1918)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Rana Bhagwandas]], Pakistani lawyer and judge, [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]] (born 1942)
*  2015   &ndash; [[W. E. "Bill" Dykes]], American soldier and politician (born 1925)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Peter Lustig]], German television host and author (born 1937)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Jacqueline Mattson]], American baseball player (born 1928)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Katherine Helmond]], American actress (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |title=Katherine Helmond, the Man-Crazy Mother on 'Who's the Boss?' Dies at 89 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 2019 |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-date=2019-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302120355/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Zaki Yamani]], Saudi Arabian politician (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gamal |first=Rania El |date=2021-02-23 |title=Obituary: Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |access-date=2021-02-27 |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tony Earl]], American politician, 40th [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (born 1936)<ref name = Schmidt>{{cite news|url = https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gov-tony-earl-a-champion-for-equality-and-conservation-dies-at-86/article_3d553784-72b8-5366-89c9-f539f2c04238.html|title = Former Gov. Tony Earl, a champion for equality and conservation, dies at 86|newspaper = [[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date = February 23, 2023|accessdate = February 23, 2023|last = Schmidt|first = Mitchell}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[John Motson]], English football commentator (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=James |title=Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77 |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/john-motson-legendary-bbc-sports-commentator-dies-aged-77-12817718|date=23 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Flaco (owl)|Flaco]], [[Eurasian eagle-owl]] (born 2010)<ref name="Shanahan 2024">{{Cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyregion/flaco-owl-central-park-zoo-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Larry Dolan]], American attorney (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence J. Dolan dies at 94 |url=https://www.ncnewsonline.com/sports/national_sports/cleveland-guardians-owner-lawrence-j-dolan-dies-at-94/article_78cb2fe7-c7e2-59fb-b73a-3c62f07922a1.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[New Castle News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Chris Jasper]], American singer, composer and producer (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosario |first=Alexandra Del |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Chris Jasper, Isley Brothers singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, dies at 73 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-02-25/chris-jasper-dead-isley-brothers |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Al Trautwig]], American sports commentator (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Veteran sports broadcaster Al Trautwig, 68, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44000011/broadcaster-al-trautwig-68-dies-complications-cancer |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Polycarp]] of Smyrna
**[[Serenus the Gardener]]
**[[February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[The Emperor's Birthday]], birthday of [[Naruhito]], the current [[Emperor of Japan]] (Japan)
*[[Mashramani-Republic Day]] ([[Guyana]])
*[[National Day (Brunei)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126185229/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Red Army Day]] or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former [[Soviet Union]], also held in various former Soviet republics:
**[[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] ([[Russia]])
**[[Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day]] ([[Belarus]])
**[[Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan)]] ([[Tajikistan]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=23}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/23 Historical Events on February 23]

{{months}}

[[Category:Days of February]]