What happened on 7 February?

5 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1992 Maastricht Treaty Twelve EEC members sign at Maastricht; creates the European Union and the path to the Euro.
2. 1497 Savonarola's Bonfire of the Vanities Mirrors, cosmetics, playing cards and paintings burned in the Piazza della Signoria at the friar's urging; Botticelli is said to have thrown in his own work.
3. 1856 Britain annexes Awadh Under the doctrine that misgoverned states forfeit their thrones, the East India Company deposes the King of Awadh and swallows the richest kingdom left in northern India. A third
4. 1971 Swiss women win the vote Switzerland grants women federal voting rights — among the last democracies in Europe to do so.
5. 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Catastrophic Victorian bushfires kill 173 and presage Australia's climate-driven fire seasons.