February 22: Feast of Cathedra Petri (Catholicism)
Shukri al-Quwatli
- 1316 – The forces of the infante Ferdinand of Majorca fought against those loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut in the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece.
- 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: British ships began attacking the Spanish rear of a Franco-Spanish combined fleet in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast near Toulon, France.
- 1899 – Philippine–American War: Filipino forces launched their first counterattack in a failed attempt aimed at recapturing Manila from the Americans.
- 1958 – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli (pictured) signed a union pact to form the United Arab Republic.
- 2006 – At least six men staged Britain's biggest cash robbery ever at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
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