February 9: Rio Carnival begins in Brazil (2018)
Jefferson Davis
- 1799 – Quasi-War: The USS Constellation captured the French L'Insurgente in a single-ship action in the Caribbean Sea.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis (pictured) was named as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1920 – The Svalbard Treaty was signed, recognising Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, but all signatories were also given equal rights to engage in commercial activities on the islands.
- 1976 – The Australian Defence Force was formed by the unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.
- 2016 – Two Meridian commuter trains were involved in a head-on collision at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany that left 12 dead and 85 others injured.
Judith Quiney (d. 1662) · Alberto Vargas (b. 1896) · Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
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