Historical Events
Articles of Confederation
Feb 2 Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation
- Feb 4 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
- Feb 4 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
- Feb 18 Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II bans children under 8 from labor
- Feb 28 The charter establishing the institution now known as the University of Pittsburgh is granted
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 13 James P. Carrell, American hymn composer, born in Washington County, Virginia (d. 1854)
- Feb 16 Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, born in The Hague (d. 1870)
- Feb 23 Emma Willard, American women's rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for women's higher education in the US, born in Berlin, Connecticut (d. 1870)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 13 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat, dies at 67
- Feb 13 Roger Boscovich [Ruđer Bošković], Croatian-Italian astronomer. physicist, poet, and priest, dies at 75
