21241 | February 24 | Death | 2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930) |
21242 | February 24 | Death | 2012 – Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923) |
21243 | February 24 | Death | 2012 – Pery Ribeiro, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
21244 | February 24 | Death | 2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925) |
21245 | February 24 | Death | 2013 – Ralph Hotere, New Zealand painter (b. 1931) |
21246 | February 24 | Death | 2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (b. 1935) |
21247 | February 24 | Death | 2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923) |
21248 | February 24 | Death | 2013 – Dick Yelvington, American football player (b. 1928) |
21249 | February 24 | Death | 2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1921) |
21250 | February 24 | Death | 2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948) |
21251 | February 24 | Death | 2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923) |
21252 | February 24 | Death | 2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944) |
21253 | February 24 | Death | 2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949) |
21254 | February 24 | Death | 2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962) |
21255 | February 24 | Death | 2015 – Tyzen Hsiao, Taiwanese pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1938) |
21256 | February 24 | Death | 2015 – Thea Muldoon, New Zealand wife of Robert Muldoon (b. 1927) |
21257 | February 24 | Death | 2015 – Mirjana Puhar, Serbian model (b. 1995) |
21258 | February 24 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Æthelberht of KentBlessed Ascensión Nicol y GoñiLindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)Modest (bishop of Trier)Saint MatthiasSergius of CappadociaFebruary 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
21259 | February 24 | Holiday and observance | Dragobete (Romania) |
21260 | February 24 | Holiday and observance | Flag Day (Mexico) |
21261 | February 24 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918 the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation. |
21262 | February 24 | Holiday and observance | National Artist Day (Thailand) |
21263 | February 25 | Event | 138 – The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. |
21264 | February 25 | Event | 493 – Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theoderic the Great. |
21265 | February 25 | Event | 628 – Khosrau II is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. |
21266 | February 25 | Event | 1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights. |
21267 | February 25 | Event | 1631 – François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, is arrested on Richelieu's orders. |
21268 | February 25 | Event | 1797 – Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000–1500 soldiers surrender after the Last invasion of Britain. |
21269 | February 25 | Event | 1821 – Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis issues a proclamation at Iași, announcing that he had "the support of a great power" (i.e. Russia). |
21270 | February 25 | Event | 1831 – Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire. |