HistoryPod Podcast
1) 3rd March 1878: Treaty of San Stefano lays the foundations for modern Bulgaria by ending five centuries of Ottoman control
The Treaty of San Stefano created a large, autonomous Principality of Bulgaria, stretching from the Danube to the Aegean Sea and from the Black Sea to Lake Ohrid with its own government, army, and ...
2) 28th February 202 BCE: The Han dynasty formally established in China by Liu Bang, later known as Emperor Gaozu
Following years of civil war following the collapse of the Qin state, Liu Bang defeated his main rival, Xiang Yu at the Battle of Gaixia and later declared himself emperor, establishing the Han dynast...Show More
3) 26th February 1870: Beach Pneumatic Transit opens in New York as the first successful underground railway in the United States
The Beach Pneumatic Transit consisted of a 312-foot tunnel beneath Broadway, between Warren Street and Murray Street, through which a single, cylindrical passenger car was propelled back and forth by ...Show More
4) 23rd February 1905: The world’s first Rotary Club founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Paul P. Harris
The early meetings focused on mutual support and professional friendship and the concept proved attractive, leading to additional clubs forming in other American cities within a few years before sprea...Show More
5) 20th February 1962: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7
During the nearly five-hour mission, Glenn conducted observations of Earth and performed manual control tests of Friendship ...
6) 17th February 1913: The Armory Show, officially called the International Exhibition of Modern Art, opens in New York City
Public reaction to the exhibition was mixed and often hostile, but encouraged American artists to experiment with new forms and techniques and helped establish modern art as a legitimate field of arti...Show More
7) 14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, convenes for the first time in Jerusalem
The Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, assumed responsibility for legislation, oversight of the government, and representation of the ...
8) 11th February 1929: The Lateran Treaty signed between the Italian state and the Roman Catholic Church
The Lateran Treaty recognised the Vatican City as an independent sovereign state under the authority of the pope and, in return, formally recognised the Kingdom of Italy with Rome as its ...
9) 8th February 1867: The Ausgleich, or the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishes the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
The empire was reorganised into two legally distinct states governed from Vienna and Budapest. Each possessed its own parliament and domestic administration, but they shared a single monarch who ruled...Show More
10) 5th February 1597: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan executed in Nagasaki
The group, which included six foreign Franciscan friars, three Japanese Jesuits, and seventeen Japanese lay Christians, was sentenced to death by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after statements from a shipwrecked...Show More