Historical Events
Haydn's 102nd Symphony
Feb 2 Joseph Haydn's 102nd Symphony in B premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England
- Feb 5 Zealand, Netherlands, surrenders to French general Michaud
- Feb 7 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
- Feb 7 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
- Feb 13 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
- Feb 17 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden in Chester, England
- Feb 21 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
- Feb 25 French Politician and Educator Joseph Lakanal, defines on behalf of the French Revolution an “educational utopia” aiming to “put an end to inequalities of development that affected a citizen's capacities for judgment."
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 3 Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- Feb 5 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
- Feb 8 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, German chemist (Chinoline), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1867)
- Feb 8 Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, Austrian satirical writer and journalist, born in Lovasbereny, near Budapest (d. 1858)
- Feb 10 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1858)
- Feb 15 Charles Niellon, Belgian general (Liberation of Antwerp during Belgian Revolution), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1871)
- Feb 18 George Peabody, American merchant and philanthropist (Peabody Trust and Institute), born in South Danvers, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
- Feb 21 Francisco Manuel da Silva, Brazilian composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1865)
