^B{^#!16!13 February^N! Feast day of St Catherine dei Ricci, St Stephen of Rieti, St Ermenilda or Ermengild, St Martinian the Hermit, St Polyeuctes of Melitene, St Licinus or Lesin, and St Modomnoc.
^B{1689^B} William of Orange and Mary ascended the throne of Great Britain as joint sovereigns. ^B{1692^B} The massacre of the Macdonalds at Glencoe in Scotland was carried out by their traditional enemies, the Campbells. ^B{1793^B} Britain, Prussia, Austria, Holland, Spain, and Sardinia formed an alliance against France. ^B{1867 ^B}Strauss's waltz ^I{The Blue Danube^I} was first played publicly, in Vienna. ^B{1886^B} The James Younger gang made its first 'hit', robbing $60,000 from a bank in Missouri, US. ^B{1917^B} Dutch spy Mata Hari was arrested by the French. ^B{1960^B} The French tested their first atomic bomb in the Sahara. ^B{1974^B} Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the USSR.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and anatomist, ^B{1728^B}; Fyodor Chaliapin, Russian operatic bass singer, ^B{1873^B}; Georges Simenon, Belgian novelist, ^B{1901^B}; George Segal, US film actor, ^B{1934^B}; Oliver Reed, British film actor, ^B{1938^B}; Peter Gabriel, British pop musician, ^B{1950^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, executed, ^B{1542^B}; Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and goldsmith, ^B{1571^B}; Cotton Mather, US colonist and writer, ^B{1728^B}; Richard Wagner, German composer, ^B{1883^B}; Georges Rouault, French painter, ^B{1958^B}; Jean Renoir, French film director, ^B{1979^B}.
