Sumatran earthquake damage

• At least ten people are killed in an earthquake (damage pictured) in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
• Russia
  launches an invasion
  of Ukraine.
• The Winter Olympics conclude in Beijing, China.
• At least 217 people are killed due to mudslides and floods in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

February 27: Feast day of Saint Gregory of Narek (Catholicism)

Mary of Guise

• 380 – Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire as a consequence of the Edict of Thessalonica.
• 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the regency of Mary of Guise (pictured).
• 1962 – Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem.
• 1982 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its final performance.
• 2002 – Violent riots, perceived to have been instigated by a train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, broke out in the Indian state of Gujarat, killing at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, over three days.