Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 4 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, writer and author of the Czech national anthem (Kde domov můj), born in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
- Feb 5 Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
- Feb 25 James Bowen, American Major General (Union Army), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1886)
- Feb 26 Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist painter, and sculptor, born in Marseilles France (d. 1879) (or born 20 Feb)
- Feb 26 Nathan Kelley, American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871)
- Feb 28 Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer ("Voyage d'un Harpiste en Orient"), born in Teignmouth, England (d. 1849)
Famous Deaths
John Dickinson (1732-1808)
Feb 14 American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, dies at 75
