Editing February 17 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1370]] &ndash; [[Northern Crusades]]: [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] and the [[Teutonic Knights]] meet in the [[Battle of Rudau]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Friedrich Wilhelm|last=Barthold|title=Geschichte der deutschen städte und des deutschen bürgerthums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA150|year=1853|publisher=T.O. Weigel|language=de|pages=150|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2020-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530113743/https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA150|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1411]] &ndash; Following the successful campaigns during the [[Ottoman Interregnum]], [[Musa Çelebi]], one of the sons of [[Bayezid I]], becomes [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] with the support of [[Mircea I of Wallachia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islām: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akFJAQAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=[[E. J. Brill]]|page=535|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610111848/https://books.google.com/books?id=akFJAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1500]] &ndash; Duke [[Frederick I of Denmark|Friedrich]] and Duke [[John, King of Denmark|Johann]] attempt to subdue the [[peasant]]ry of [[Dithmarschen]], Denmark, in the [[Battle of Hemmingstedt]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Manual about Schleswig Holstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lr1GAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Press Office of the State Government of Schleswig Holstein|page=13|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205837/https://books.google.com/books?id=lr1GAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1600]] &ndash; On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at [[Campo de' Fiori]] in Rome, the philosopher [[Giordano Bruno]] has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Il Sommario del Processo di Giordano Bruno, con appendice di Documenti sull'eresia e l'inquisizione a Modena nel secolo XVI|first=Angelo|last=Mercati|journal=Studi e Testi|volume= 101}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Nurhaci]] proclaims himself [[List of emperors of the Qing dynasty#Khans of Later Jin (1616–1636)|Khan]] of the [[Later Jin (1616–1636)|Later Jin]], precursor to the [[Qing Dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arthur W. Hummel Sr.|author2=Pamela Kyle Crossley|title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644–1912)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=[[Berkshire Publishing Group]]|page=450|isbn=9781614728498|access-date=2023-08-22}}</ref>
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Myles Standish]] is appointed as first military commander of the English [[Plymouth Colony]] in North America.
*[[1674]] &ndash; An [[1674 Ambon earthquake and megatsunami|earthquake strikes]] the Indonesian island of [[Ambon Island|Ambon]]. It triggers a {{cvt|100|m}} [[megatsunami]] which drowns over 2,300 people.<ref name="AA">{{cite journal |last1=Pranantyo |first1=I.R.|last2=Cummins |first2=P.R. |title=The 1674 Ambon Tsunami: Extreme Run-Up Caused by an Earthquake-Triggered Landslide |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |year=2020 |volume=177 |issue=3 |pages=1639–1657 |doi=10.1007/s00024-019-02390-2 |hdl=1885/219284 |s2cid=212731869|hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1676]] &ndash; Sixteen men of [[Antonio de Vea expedition|Pascual de Iriate's expedition]] are lost at [[Evangelistas Islets]] at the western end of the [[Strait of Magellan]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Anuario Hidrográfico de la Marina de Chile|year=1886|pages=589–590|chapter=Expedición de Antonio de Vea|author-last=de Vea|author-first=Antonio|chapter-url=http://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:74532|language=es|access-date=2020-01-14|archive-date=2019-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229211904/http://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:74532|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Vasai]] commences as the [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]] move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
*[[1753]] &ndash; In Sweden, February 17 is followed by [[March 1]] as the country moves from the [[Julian calendar]] to the [[Gregorian calendar]].<ref>{{cite book|author=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|author-link=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|title=Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpAmCPiQ3DkC&pg=PA54|year=1868|publisher=The Academy|pages=54|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2020-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531185055/https://books.google.com/books?id=bpAmCPiQ3DkC&pg=PA54|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[1800 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: A tie in the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Aaron Burr]] is resolved when Jefferson is elected [[President of the United States]] and Burr [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] by the [[United States House of Representatives]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]: The [[Battle of Mormant]].
*[[1819]] &ndash; The [[United States House of Representatives]] passes the [[Missouri Compromise]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woodburn|first=James A.|title=The Historical Significance of the Missouri Compromise|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=American Historical Association|date=1894|oclc=11821758|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjQOAAAAIAAJ|page=256}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Weenen massacre]]: Hundreds of [[Voortrekkers]] along the Blaukraans River, [[KwaZulu-Natal|Natal]] are killed by [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the [[Orange Free State]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Cochinchina Campaign]]: The [[French Navy]] captures the [[Citadel of Saigon]], a fortress manned by 1,000 [[Nguyễn dynasty]] soldiers, en route to conquering [[Saigon]] and other regions of southern Viet Nam.
*[[1863]] &ndash; A group of citizens of [[Geneva]] found an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The {{Ship||H. L. Hunley|submarine|2}} becomes the first submarine to [[Sinking of USS Housatonic|engage and sink a warship]], the {{USS|Housatonic|1861|6}}.
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Columbia, South Carolina]], is [[Capture of Columbia|burned]] as [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces flee from advancing [[United States|Union]] forces.

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Russian Revolution of 1905]]: [[Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia]] is assassinated in the [[Moscow Kremlin]] by [[Socialist Revolutionary Party|Socialist Revolutionary]] [[Ivan Kalyayev]].<ref name="Grand Duke">[https://books.google.com/books?id=YzUbvTmYVcYC ''The American Monthly Review of Reviews''] (April 1905) p. 284</ref> 
*[[1913]] &ndash; The [[Armory Show]] opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eva Weber|title=Art Deco in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-BDniArslTkC|year=1985|publisher=Exeter Books|isbn=978-0-671-80804-4|page=25|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203952/https://books.google.com/books?id=-BDniArslTkC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Ukrainian People's Republic#Winter 1918.E2.80.9319|Ukrainian People's Republic]] asks the [[Triple Entente|Entente]] and the United States for help fighting the [[Bolsheviks]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Eniwetok]] begins. The battle ends in an American victory on [[February 22]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Pimlott|title=The Viking Atlas of World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKt-AAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-670-85373-1|page=170|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422155243/https://books.google.com/books?id=fKt-AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Hailstone]] begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against [[Truk Lagoon]], Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the [[Battle of Eniwetok|Eniwetok invasion]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Al-Waziri coup]] briefly ousts the ruling Hamidaddin dynasty of [[Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen|Yemen]]; [[Imams of Yemen|Imam]] [[Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din]] is killed.<ref name="Yahya">{{cite book|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|pages=845–846|isbn=9781134264902|access-date=2023-08-22}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Chaim Weizmann]] begins his term as the first [[President of Israel]].<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = A political chronology of the Middle East | publisher = Europa | location = London | year = 2001 | isbn = 9781857431155 | page=93}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Project Vanguard]]: [[Vanguard 2]]: The first [[weather satellite]] is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
*  1959   &ndash; A [[Turkish Airlines]] [[Vickers Viscount]] [[1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash|crashes]] near [[Gatwick Airport]], killing 14; [[Prime Minister of Turkey|Turkish prime minister]] [[Adnan Menderes]] survives the crash.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 794D Viscount TC-SEV London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590217-0|access-date=2022-02-16|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2022-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114061205/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590217-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; In ''[[Wesberry v. Sanders]]'' the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that [[United States congressional district|congressional districts]] have to be approximately equal in population.
*  1964   &ndash; Gabonese president [[Léon M'ba]] is toppled by [[1964 Gabon coup d'état|a coup]] and his rival, [[Jean-Hilaire Aubame]], is installed in his place.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ranger program|Project Ranger]]: The [[Ranger 8]] probe launches on its mission to photograph the ''[[Mare Tranquillitatis]]'' region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed [[Apollo program|Apollo]] missions. ''Mare Tranquillitatis'' or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the [[Apollo 11]] lunar landing.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 065]] crashes during take-off from [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], killing 21.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 114D СССР-76491 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660217-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103105929/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660217-0 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |access-date=25 April 2018 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; American aquanaut [[Berry L. Cannon]] dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the [[SEALAB III]] underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned.<ref name="San Diego">{{cite journal|journal=[[San Diego Magazine]]|last1=Bunton|first1=Bill|last2=Heglar|first2=Mary|url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-1999/Death-of-an-Aquanaut/|title=Death of an Aquanaut &ndash; San Diego Magazine &ndash; March 1999 &ndash; San Diego, California|date=March 1999|publisher=SDM, LLC|access-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118031524/http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-1999/Death-of-an-Aquanaut/|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; the family of [[Jeffrey R. MacDonald]], [[United States Army]] captain, is found murdered in their home in [[Fort Liberty|Ft. Bragg]], North Carolina.  Eventually, MacDonald himself was charged with and convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife and two daughters.<ref>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article249836233.html Jeffrey MacDonald again seeks release from prison. A primer on the infamous NC crime.][https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeffrey-macdonald]</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; Cumulative sales of the [[Volkswagen Beetle]] exceed those of the [[Ford Model T]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[1974 White House helicopter incident|Robert K. Preston]], a disgruntled [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] private, buzzes the [[White House]] in a stolen [[helicopter]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] detonates an [[incendiary bomb]] at the [[La Mon restaurant bombing|La Mon restaurant]], near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Sino-Vietnamese War]] begins.
*[[1980]] &ndash; First winter ascent of [[Mount Everest]] by [[Krzysztof Wielicki]] and [[Leszek Cichy]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Ryan International Airlines Flight 590]] crashes during takeoff from [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport]], killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC N565PC Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910217-2|access-date=2020-12-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2020-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020813/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910217-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: [[Armenia]]n troops massacre more than 20 [[Azerbaijanis|Azerbaijani]] civilians during the [[Capture of Garadaghly]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Cenepa War]] between [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]] ends on a [[ceasefire]] brokered by the [[United Nations|UN]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; In [[Philadelphia]], world champion [[Garry Kasparov]] beats the [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] [[supercomputer]] in a [[chess]] match.
*  1996   &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Discovery Program]] begins as the [[NEAR Shoemaker]] spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, [[433 Eros]].
*  1996   &ndash; The 8.2 {{M|w}} [[1996 Biak earthquake|Biak earthquake]] shakes the [[Papua (province)|Papua]] province of eastern [[Indonesia]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[2006 Southern Leyte mudslide|massive mudslide]] occurs in [[Southern Leyte]], Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Kosovo]] [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declares independence]] from [[Serbia]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Arab Spring]]: [[Libyan civil war (2011)|Libyan protests]] against [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Muammar Gaddafi's regime]] begin.
*  2011   &ndash; Arab Spring: In [[Bahrain]], [[Special Security Force Command|security forces]] launch a deadly [[Police raid|pre-dawn raid]] on protesters in [[Pearl Roundabout]] in [[Manama]]; the day is locally known as [[Bloody Thursday (Bahrain)|Bloody Thursday]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a [[2015 Haiti Carnival stampede|stampede]] at a [[Mardi Gras]] parade in [[Haiti]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; Military vehicles [[February 2016 Ankara bombing|explode]] outside a [[Turkish Armed Forces]] barracks in [[Ankara]], Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.