Thursday, February 26, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 26

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  On this day in  747 BC , the origin of  Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era... whatever that is. *** On this day in  1616 , representatives from...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 25

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 On this day in  1336 , 4,000 defenders of Pilėnai commit a  mass suicide  rather than be taken captive by the  Teutonic Knights . *** On t...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 24

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  On this day in  1303 , the Battle of Roslin takes place during the First War of Scottish Independence. *** On this day in the year  1807 ,...
Monday, February 23, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 23

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  If at first you don't succeed... on this day in the year  1574 , Catholic France begins its fifth "Holy War" against French ...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 22

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  On this day in  1455 , inventor  Johannes Gutenberg  prints the first-ever "mass produced" book: the  Holy Bible . It immediatel...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

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  On this day in  1808 , without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, t...
Friday, February 20, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 20

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  On this day in  1472 , the islands of Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. ***...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 19

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  On this day in  1807 , former Vice President of the United States  Aaron Burr  is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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 On this day in the year 1856, members of the secretive, nativist, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Known-Nothing Party hold their first ever c...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 17

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  On this day in  1600 , the philosopher  Giordano Bruno  is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. *** On this day in  1...
Monday, February 16, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 16

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  On this day in the year  600 ,  Pope Gregory  declares that the correct response to a sneeze is "God bless You." It would be ano...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

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  On this day in  399 BC , seminal Greek philosopher  Socrates  is sentenced to death by a jury of citizens for having "corrupted the y...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

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  On this day in  1349 , several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remainder of their population is forcibly removed from t...
Friday, February 13, 2026

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  On this day in  1935 , a jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds  Bruno Hauptmann  guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the  Lindbergh...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 12

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  On this day in the year  1709 , Scottish seaman  Alexander Selkirk  is rescued from Fernandez Island after spending more than four years s...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  This day in  660 BC  is traditionally regarded as the foundation date of Japan, led at the time by  Emperor Jimmu . *** On this day in  15...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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  On this day in  1355 , the craziest students-versus-townie fight of all freaking time breaks out. Known as the St. Scholastica's Day r...
Monday, February 9, 2026

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 On this day in  474 ,  Zeno  is crowned co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *** On this day in  1621 ,  Gregory XV  becomes Pope, the last ...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 8

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 On this day in  1587 ,  Mary, Queen of Scots , is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin,...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 7

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  On this day in  1497 , the so-called "bonfire of the vanities" occurs in which supporters of  Girolamo Savonarola  burn thousand...