February 1: Imbolc/ Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland; Black History Month begins in the United StatesLunch counter from the Greensboro sit-ins1411 The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the PolishLithuanianTeutonic War.1662 Sino-Dutch conflicts: After besieging Fort Zeelandia for nine months, Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong secured the Dutch East India Company's surrender and the end of their rule in Taiwan.1896 Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohme premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.1960 Civil rights movement: Four African-American students staged the first of more than five months of sit-ins at an F.W. Woolworth lunch counter (pictured) in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest the company's policy of racial segregation.2021 The Burmese military staged a coup d'tat that deposed the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking nationwide protests and a civil war.Madame Sul-Te-Wan (d.1959)Michelle Akers (b.1966)Wojdan Shaherkani (b.1996)Hildegard Knef (d.2002)More anniversaries: January 31February 1February 2ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout