What happend on 23rd February

22.02
24.02
1903

Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

1900

Battle of Hart's Hill: In South Africa the Boers and British troops battle.

1898

Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Captain Alfred Dreyfus in jail.

1893

Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.

1887

The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

1883

Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.

1874

Walter Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis.

1870

Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1861

President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, DC after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.

1847

Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista