1519: Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men

1678: John Bunyan’s Christian novel “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder

1685: Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas

1885: Mark Twain publishes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US

1917: First major strike of the Russian “February Revolution” starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [NS=Mar 3]

2014: Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 begins as protesters, riot police and unknown shooters take part in violent events in the capital, Kiev, culminating after five days in the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych

Source: Onthisday.com