February 1: Black History Month begins in Canada and the United States; Fajr decade begins in Iran; National Freedom Day in the United States
The Shard, London
- 1327 – Fourteen-year-old Edward III became King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
- 1329 – The Teutonic Knights succeeded in their siege of a fortress in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptized the defenders in the Catholic rite.
- 1968 – Photographer Eddie Adams took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the summary execution of Viet Cong prisoner Nguyễn Văn Lém, which helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
- 1978 – After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.
- 2013 – The Shard (pictured), located in Southwark, London, and the tallest building in the European Union, opened to the public.
Thomas Campbell (b. 1763) · Clara Butt (b. 1872) · George Whipple (d. 1976)
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