Historical Events
- Feb 26 State of Pennsylvania approves construction of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 2 Vincenc Tucek, Bohemian composer, conductor and singer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1821)
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
Feb 9 9th President of the United States (Whig: March 4-April 4, 1841), born in Charles City, Virginia
- Feb 22 Matthijs Ignatius van Bree, Belgian painter of historical subjects, born in Antwerp (d. 1839)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 20 Charles Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, dies at 71
