WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. FEBRUARY
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Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. (24. February 303)

King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians. (24. February 484)

Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence. (24. February 1303)

King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda. (24. February 1387)

Spanish-Imperial army defeat French army at Battle of Pavia. (24. February 1525)

Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya. (24. February 1538)

Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. (24. February 1582)

L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance. (24. February 1607)

The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. (24. February 1711)

In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review. (24. February 1803)

London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. (24. February 1809)

The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated. (24. February 1822)

The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War. (24. February 1826)

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. (24. February 1831)

King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne. (24. February 1848)

Arizona is organized as a United States territory. (24. February 1863)

Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate. (24. February 1868)

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries. (24. February 1875)

China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. (24. February 1881)

Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898. (24. February 1895)