Famous Birthdays
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Feb 11 English photographic pioneer, born in Dorset, England
- Feb 14 Emory Washburn, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (1854-55), born in Leicester, Massachusetts (d. 1877)
- Feb 15 Frederick Willem Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer and railway pioneer (Katwyk), born near Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1869)
- Feb 21 John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Somerset County, Maryland (d. 1865)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 23 Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey