Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 24
This is a list of selected February 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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February 24: Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday in Western Christianity (2009); Independence Day in Estonia; Flag Day in Mexico
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- 303 – Roman Emperor Diocletian's first "Edict against the Christians" was published, beginning the Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.
- 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas to promulgate the Gregorian calendar, a modification of the Julian calendar in use since 45 BC.
- 1803 – In their ruling in Marbury v. Madison, the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review in the United States.
- 1848 – Amid a revolt, French King Louis-Philippe (pictured) abdicated and escaped to England, leading to the creation of the French Second Republic.
- 1875 – The steamship SS Gothenburg hit a section of the Great Barrier Reef at low tide and sank about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Holbourne Island, Queensland, Australia, with the loss of over 100 lives.
- 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, was elected to his first term as President of Argentina.