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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day</a></b> in Ireland; the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr_decade" title="Fajr decade">Fajr decade</a></b> begins in Iran; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a></b> begins in Canada and the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1329" title="1329">1329</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order" title="Teutonic Order">Teutonic Knights</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Medv%C4%97galis" title="Siege of Medvėgalis">successfully besieged</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillfort" title="Hillfort">hillfort</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medv%C4%97galis" title="Medvėgalis">Medvėgalis</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samogitia" title="Samogitia">Samogitia</a>, Lithuania, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptised</a> the defenders in the Catholic rite.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a> – More than 1,200 people died in the most destructive recorded eruption of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon" title="Mayon">Mayon</a></b> in the Philippines.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – Ayatollah <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini%27s_return_to_Iran" title="Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran">returned from exile</a></b> and soon led the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a> to overthrow the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi dynasty</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir" title="Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir">Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir</a></b> became the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iceland" title="Prime Minister of Iceland">prime minister of Iceland</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menas_of_Ethiopia" title="Menas of Ethiopia">Menas of Ethiopia</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1563); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_de_Charlevoix" title="Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix">Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1761); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley">Mary Shelley</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1851); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1994)</p>
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