February

• Coronation of Edward III, king of England

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• Death of Swein Forkbeard, king of England

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• Birth of Anne, queen of England and Scots / Great Britain

• Death of Charles II, king of England and Scots
• Accession of James II (VII), king of England and Scots

• Death of George VI, king of the United Kingdom
• Accession of Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom

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• Canonization of Edward the Confessor, king of England, by Pope Alexander III

• Charles II deposed as king of Scots

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• Death of Mary I, queen of Scots

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• Accession of William III (II) and Mary II as king and queen of England

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• Death of Richard II, king of England

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• The Labour Representation Committee changed its name to The Labour Party

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• Birth of Mary I, queen of England

• Discovery of Pluto

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• Death of James I, king of Scots (possibly 21st)

• Coronation of Edward VI, king of England

• Death of Robert Peary, American Explorer

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• Accession of James II, king of Scots

• Birth of Douglas Bader, British pilot

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• Death of David II, king of Scots

• Enthronement of Tenzin Gyatso as the 14th Dalai Lama

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• Accession of Robert II, king of Scots

• The Cato Street Conspiracy was foiled

• Death of Stan Laurel, English comic actor

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• Death of Henry Cavendish, English natural philosopher and the discoverer of hydrogen

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• Coronation of Edward II, king of England

• Excommunication of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, by Pope Pius V

• Death of Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer and mathematician

• Death of Sir John Tenniel, English Illustrator

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• Death of Roger Mortimer, second earl of March

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• Founding of the British Labour Party

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• Birth of John Tenniel, English Illustrator

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