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1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.[5]
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, following Great Britain and Prussia’s victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years’ War.
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951 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.[3]
Guo Wei (Chinese: 郭威) (10 September 904[3] – 22 February 954[4]), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou (後周太祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death in 954.
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1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings.[3]
The Battle of the Herrings, also called the Battle of Rouvray, was a military action near the town of Rouvray in France, just north of Orléans, which took place on 12 February 1429, during the siege of Orléans in the Hundred Years’ War. The immediate cause of the battle was an attempt by French and Scottish forces, led by Charles of Bourbon and Sir John Stewart of Darnley, to intercept a supply convoy headed for the English army at Orléans. The English had been laying siege to the city since the previous October. This supply convoy was escorted by an English force under Sir John Fastolf and had been outfitted in Paris, from whence it had departed some time earlier. The battle was decisively won by the English.
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1606 – Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1663)
Christine Marie of France (10 February 1606 – 27 December 1663) was Duchess of Savoy from 26 July 1630 to 7 October 1637 as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus I. She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII. Following her husband’s death in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and 1648.
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1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)[62]
Pope Gregory XIV (Latin: Gregorius XIV; Italian: Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato[1] or Sfondrati,[2] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death, in October 1591.
1218 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (d. 1256)
Kujō Yoritsune (九条 頼経, 12 February 1218 – 1 September 1256, r. 1226–1244), also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune (藤原 頼経), was the fourth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.[1] His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. His wife was a granddaughter of Yoritomo and daughter of Minamoto no Yoriie. He was born in the year, month and on the day (according to Chinese astrology) of the Tiger, and so was given the birth name Mitora (三寅, “Triple Tiger”).
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Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are “seriocomedies” (also known as “comedy dramas”).[1] Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington, from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books.[2] His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant.[3] His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared “un-memoir”.
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