THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 24
February 24 in history
What happened on February 24: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1582, 1848 and 1966, each linked to the map that shows it.
Pope Gregory XIII reforms the calendar; ten days will vanish that October. Britain holds out for another 170 years.
— February Revolution in Paris
22–24 Feb 1848 — Paris rises again; Louis-Philippe abdicates; the Second Republic decrees universal male suffrage. The news sets a continent alight within weeks.
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— Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah
24 Feb 1966 — While Ghana’s president is in Beijing, the army and police seize power. The independence hero becomes the emblem of a new pattern: by 1970 the continent has seen more than forty coups.
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