What happened on 7 February?

10 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. 2006 Donuts (J Dilla album) Beat tape finished in hospital, released three days before Dilla's death.
3. 1995 Shook Ones (Part II) (Mobb Deep) Havoc's eerie piano loop and Prodigy's menace: Queensbridge hardcore at its peak.
4. 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
5. 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.
6. 1971 Swiss women win the vote Switzerland grants women federal voting rights — among the last democracies in Europe to do so.
7. 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Catastrophic Victorian bushfires kill 173 and presage Australia's climate-driven fire seasons.
8. 1914 Chaplin's Tramp debuts In the Keystone short Kid Auto Races at Venice, Chaplin first appears as the Little Tramp — bowler, cane, baggy trousers and toothbrush moustache.
9. 2023 LeBron James becomes the NBA's all-time top scorer A fadeaway jumper against Oklahoma City breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38-year-old record of 38,387 points.
10. 2021 Tom Brady wins Super Bowl LV with Tampa Bay At 43, in his first season away from New England, Brady leads the Buccaneers past Kansas City 31-9 for a record seventh Super Bowl title.