TWiH: February 19-23, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on February 19, 356

Constantius II ordered all pagan temples closed and outlawed worshiping idols. BItH Unit 4, Section 12: Mythology

Tuesday: on February 20, 1523

Tecun Uman, one of the last  K’iche’ Maya rulers, was slain by conquistador Pedro de Alvarado. BItH Unit 11, Section 31: Mesoamerican Mathematicians

Wednesday: on February 21, 1848

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published. BItH Unit 28, Section 83: Communism & Socialism

Thursday: on February 22, 1819

The Adams-Onis Treaty was signed in which Spain ceded East Florida to the USA. BItH Unit 18, Section 52: Colonial Americas

Friday: on February 23, 1917

The February Revolution in Russia began. BItH Unit 26, Section 76: The Last Tsars

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