February 28

Today in History
• 364 - Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor (rules till 375)
• 1570 - Anti-Portuguese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
• 1646 - Roger Scott tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
• 1704 - Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 40, kidnapping 100
• 1708 - Slave revolt in Newton, Long Island NY results in 11 deaths
• 1759 - Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
• 1784 - John Wesley charters Methodist Church
• 1810 - 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Andalusia Day
• Fasching
• National Chocolate Souffle Day
• National Essay Day
• National Science Day
• Peace Memorial Day (228 Memorial Day)
• Rare Disease Day
• US Snow Shoe Day

Birthdays
• 1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England
• 1409 - Elisabeth II of Bohemia
• 1663 - Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor, steam engine
• 1690 - Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
• 1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal
• 1750 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
• 1797 - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral
• 1840 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer of the Sahara