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February 23

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on February 23 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

2 events 2 centuries 2 countries
1846

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

San Antonio United States

San Antonio was founded by Spanish missionaries in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero (which later became known as the Alamo) and the surrounding villa; for over a century the area was part of Spanish Texas then Mexican Texas.

1944

The Stalin deportation of the Ingush and Chechens on February 23, 1944

Nazran Russia

the Aardakh (Vainakh: "the Exodus") — is one of the main episodes of Stalinist political-ethnic repression and the formative event of modern Ingush and Chechen national identity.

Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →