https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/5 I find a few things of interest here... 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 2nd state, South Carolina 1597 A group of early Japanese Christians, known as the 26 Martyrs, are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society 1576 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours 1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna 1556 Kings Henri I and Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles 1572 Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out there are many others.