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IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 1
🤴1327 - young Edward III sat on the throne of England. Real power was concentrated in the hands of Edward's mother, Isabella of France, and her son, Roger Mortimer;
⚖️ 1587 - Queen of England Elizabeth I signed the death sentence of Maria Stuart;
📜 1699 - Peter I ordered to write applications and contracts in Russia on sealed paper;
🏝 1709 - Alexander Selkirk, the sailor who became the prototype of Robinson Crusoe, was found on a deserted island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago in the Pacific Ocean;
📌 1819 - Kyrgyz of the Great Horde were granted Russian citizenship;
❌ 1865 - slavery was abolished in the United States;
🎥 1893 - Thomas Edison opened the world's first "Black Mary" movie studio;
🔫 1908 - In Portugal, the royal family was shot in Lisbon Square by terrorists who were dissatisfied with the king's policy, and King Carlos I was killed;
📌 1926 - Kyrgyz ASSR was established;
🚀 1958 - the first US satellite was launched into space;
🏳️ 1992 - a truce came into force in El Salvador and the 16-year civil war ended;
🇪🇺 1994 - the Schengen Agreement signed by the European Union countries came into force.