WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. FEBRUARY
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Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage. (1. February 481)

Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. (1. February 1327)

King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders (1. February 1329)

The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). (1. February 1411)

The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. (1. February 1662)

The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. (1. February 1713)

In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. (1. February 1790)

French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. (1. February 1793)

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. (1. February 1796)

Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. (1. February 1814)

Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. (1. February 1835)

American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. (1. February 1861)

President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (1. February 1865)

A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. (1. February 1876)

The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. (1. February 1884)

Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. (1. February 1893)

Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul. (1. February 1897)

King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. (1. February 1908)

Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar. (1. February 1918)

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. (1. February 1920)