What are the important events that happened on February 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 24 is the 55^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 11, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 483,432 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontapentagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 358 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,448 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 24: This Day In History

By Roman custom, February 24 is the day added to a leap year in the Julian calendar. The Mensis Intercalaris began on this day or the following day in intercalary years in the pre-Julian calendar. This custom still has some effect around the world; for example, with respect to name days in Hungary.

February 24 Historical Events

• 1387 –
  King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
• 1582 –
  Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
• 1607 –
  L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
• 1831 –
  The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
• 1881 –
  China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• 1920 –
  The Nazi Party is founded.
• 1942 –
  The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history; the event lasted into the early hours of February 26, 1942.
• 1945 –
  Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• 1971 –
  The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
• 1976 –
  Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.

Who were born on February 24?

• 1709 –
  Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
• 1831 –
  Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
• 1846 –
  Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
• 1866 –
  Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
• 1932 –
  Michel Legrand, French composer
• 1940 –
  Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1946 –
  Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
• 1966 –
  Ben Miller, English comedian, director and actor
• 1974 –
  Chad Hugo, American musician (N*E*R*D) and producer (The Neptunes)
• 1976 –
  Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)

Who died on February 24?

• 1666 –
  Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588)
• 1721 –
  John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
• 1810 –
  Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b. 1731)
• 1990 –
  Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 1994 –
  Jean Sablon, French singer (b. 1906)
• 2002 –
  Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)
• 2003 –
  John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912)
• 2006 –
  Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2006 –
  John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
• 2008 –
  Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)