February 2 in History

The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military

2021 — The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état

February 2 spans 54 recorded events across recorded history, from 506 to 2025. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Historical Events 54 events 506 – 2025

More major events on February 2

The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.

  1. 1942 The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling. Source
  2. 1870 The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets. Source
  3. 1848 Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. Source

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In 2021, The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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The State Administration Council was a military junta that governed Myanmar from 2021 to 2025, established by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 coup d'état and the declaration of a state of emergency by the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC). This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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Under the constitution, the Commander-in-Chief holds absolute legislative, executive, and judicial power during a state of emergency. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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Min Aung Hlaing delegated his legislative power to the SAC, which he chaired. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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It formed a provisional administration, also led by Min Aung Hlaing as Prime Minister of Myanmar. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

506 Alaric_II
Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507
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880 Battle_of_Lüneburg_Heath
Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.
880 battle between the Duchy of Saxony and the Norse Great Heathen Army
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962
Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
Linear succession of transfers of power
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1032 Conrad_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.
Holy Roman Emperor from 1027 to 1039
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1141 Battle_of_Lincoln_(1141)
The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.
Battle between King Stephen and Empress Matilda
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1207 Terra_Mariana
Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.
Vassal state of the Holy See
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1347 Anna_of_Savoy
Byzantine Empress Anna convenes a synod to depose patriarch Joseph XIV in Constantinople.
The same night, conspirators let in her rival John VI Kantakouzenos which ends the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347.
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1428
An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia, with the epicenter near Camprodon.
Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.
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1438
Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
1437–38 revolt in Kingdom of Hungary
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1461 Battle_of_Mortimer's_Cross
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
1461 battle in the English Wars of the Roses
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1536 Pedro_de_Mendoza
Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Spanish conquistador (1499–1537)
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1645 Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: In Scotland, the Battle of Inverlochy results in a Royalist/Irish victory.
British civil wars, 1639–1653
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1653 New_Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
Dutch settlement (1624–1664)
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1709 Alexander_Selkirk
Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
18th-century Scottish sailor and castaway
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1725 Johann_Sebastian_Bach
J.
S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.
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1797 Siege_of_Mantua_(1796–1797)
The siege of Mantua ends after eight months when Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to Napoleon Bonaparte.
The fall of Mantua secures French control over Northern Italy and marks the beginning of the conclusion of the Italian campaign of 1796-1797, and sets the stage for the end of the War of the First Coalition.
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1814 River_Thames_frost_fairs
The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.
Celebrations held on the River Thames in London during the Little Ice Age
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1848 Mexican–American_War
Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1846–1848 conflict between Mexico and the United States
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1850 Brigham_Young
Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
American religious leader (1801–1877)
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1868 Fall_of_Osaka_Castle
Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
Capture of Osaka Castle by pro-Imperial forces during the Boshin War
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1870 Seitsemän_veljestä
The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.
Finnish novel by Aleksis Kivi
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1876 National_League_(baseball)
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
League within Major League Baseball
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1881
The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.
Decree of punishment in law
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1887 Punxsutawney,_Pennsylvania
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
Borough in the United States
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1899 Melbourne
The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
Capital city of Victoria, Australia
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1901 Queen_Victoria
Funeral of Queen Victoria.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
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1909
The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.
Meeting of leading film companies
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1913 Grand_Central_Terminal
Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
Railway terminal in Manhattan, New York
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1920 Treaty_of_Tartu_(Estonia–Russia)
The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1920 treaty between Estonia and the Soviet Union
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1922 Ulysses_(novel)
Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1922 novel by James Joyce
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1922
The uprising called the "pork mutiny" starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.
1922 military incursion by Soviet soldiers into Finnish territory
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1925 1925_serum_run_to_Nome
Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
Transport of medication by dog-sled relay across Alaska
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1934 Export–Import_Bank_of_the_United_States
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
American public bank
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1935 Leonarde_Keeler
Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S.
courts.
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1942
The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
Resistance organization in German-occupied Norway (1940–44)
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1943 World_War_II
World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
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1954 Detroit_Red_Wings
The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.
National Hockey League team in Detroit, Michigan
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1959 Ural_Mountains
Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
Mountain range in Eurasia
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1966 Kashmir
Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.
Region in South Asia
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1971 Idi_Amin
Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
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1971 Ramsar_Convention
The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
International treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands
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1980 Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
U.S. federal law enforcement agency
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1982 1982_Hama_massacre
Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
Anti-Sunni massacre in Hama, Syria
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1987 People_Power_Revolution
After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1986 demonstrations in the Philippines
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1989 Soviet–Afghan_War
Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1979–1989 armed conflict in South Asia
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1990 Apartheid
Apartheid: F.
W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
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1998 Cebu_Pacific_Flight_387
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.
1998 aviation accident in the Philippines
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2000 Digital_cinema
First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
Use of digital projectors in cinemas
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2004 Tennis
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No.
1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
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2005
The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act.
This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
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2007 Catania_football_riot
Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football.
This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
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2012 MV_Rabaul_Queen
The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
Passenger ferry that sank in 2012
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2025 Slovenia
Slovenian NBA player Luka Doncic is traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis in one of the largest trades in American sports history.
Country in Central Europe
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