February Happenings - Europe

Date

Year

Hint

Answer

2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir becomes this country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government

1901

This queen's funeral is held in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

1468

This German publisher and inventor of the printing press dies

1794

This is abolished by the French legislature throughout all territories

1939

This generalísimo becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España" (Leader of Spain)

1918

British women over the age of 30 get this right

1992

The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of this organization

1952

This young princess is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.

1996

This synthetic chemical element named after a Polish astronomer is discovered

1940

The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens to this region

2009

The EU sets this day as the European ___ Day to promote this emergency phone number

1502

This explorer sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India

1960

With the success of "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the 4th country to possess this

1945

The Dresden bombing in navigational errors turns into the bombing of this other city, as well

1923

This country is the last in Europe to adopt the Gregorian calendar

1918

This country sets itself officially free from the German rule (and stays independent until 1940 when it's seized by the USSR)

1600

This philosopher and cosmological theorist is burned alive, for heresy, in Rome

2014

Hundreds of people are killed or injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in this city

356

Roman Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all of these

1877

This Tchaikovsky's ballet receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre

1848

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto in this city

1997

British scientists announce that this animal has been successfully cloned

1898

This writer is imprisoned after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus

1920

This party is founded by Anton Drexler

1991

This organization first created in 1955 by communist countries is declared disbanded

1815

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from this island

2015

Assassination of this Russian politician occurs in central Moscow

2013

This pope of the Catholic Church resigns

1644

This Dutch explorer begins his second Pacific voyage