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In 1835, Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
February 1 in History
1835 — Slavery is abolished in Mauritius
February 1 spans 53 recorded events across recorded history, from 1327 to 2022. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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Historical Events
53 events
1327 – 2022
Today in history
More major events on February 1
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 1946 The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. Source
- 1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). Source
- 1884 The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. Source
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Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 1,100 nautical miles off the southeastern coast of Africa, east of Madagascar. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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It includes the main island, as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion, are part of the Mascarene Islands. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.
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The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
1327
The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
King of England from 1327 to 1377
1411
The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
Part of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
1662
The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
Founder of the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan
1713
The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
Part of the Great Northern War (1713)
1793
French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1792–1802 wars
1796
The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
Former British colony in North America (1791–1841)
1814
Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, which was the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
Stratovolcano in Luzon, Philippines
1861
American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
1864
Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
War between Denmark, Prussia, and Austria in 1864
1865
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
1884
The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Historical dictionary of the English language
1893
Thomas A.
Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
1895
Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
Nature reserve in Pretoria, South Africa
1896
La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini
1897
1900
Great Britain, defeated by Boers in key battles, names Lord Roberts commander of British forces in South Africa.
British general (1832–1914)
1908
Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
Murder of the king and crown prince of Portugal in 1908
1924
Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
Bilateral relations
1942
World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1942
World War II: U.S.
Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1942
Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
International US-owned broadcaster
1942
Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
1946
Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
UN Secretary-General from 1946 to 1952
1946
The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
Unicameral legislature of Hungary
1950
The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
Soviet jet fighter aircraft family
1957
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.
1957 aviation accident
1960
Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1960 nonviolent protests in the United States
1964
The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
English rock band (1960–1970)
1968
Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia
1968
Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
Maritime component of the Canadian Armed Forces
1968
The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
American Class I railroad (1853–1968)
1972
Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Capital city of Malaysia
1974
A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
Skyscraper fire in Brazil in 1974
1979
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
Country in West Asia
1981
The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
1981 cricket controversy
1982
The Intel 80286 is released, which introduced protected mode memory.
The IBM PC/AT and its clones used this CPU.
1991
A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
1991 runway collision in California
1991
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region, killing at least 848 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and present-day Tajikistan.
Earthquake in Afghanistan
1992
The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
Metropolis and state capital in Madhya Pradesh, India
1996
1998
Rear Admiral Lillian E.
Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
2002
Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
American journalist beheaded by militants in Pakistan (1963–2002)
2003
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
2004
Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
Accidents during the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
2004
Double suicide attack in Erbil on the offices of Iraqi Kurdish political parties by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Double suicide attack in Iraq
2005
King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
King of Nepal (1950–1951; 2001–2008)
2007
The National Weather Service in the United States switches from the Fujita scale to the new Enhanced Fujita scale to measure the intensity and strength of tornadoes.
U.S. forecasting agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2009
The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
Government of Iceland from February to May 2009
2012
Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
February 2012 football stadium riot in Port Said, Egypt
2013
The Shard, the sixth-tallest building in Europe, opens its viewing gallery to the public.
Skyscraper in London, England
2021
A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
2021 military coup in Myanmar
2022
Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him.
2022 death of five-year old Moroccan boy