Historical Events
- Feb 13 -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
Barber of Seville
Feb 20 Gioachino Rossini's comic opera "Barber of Seville" premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Italy
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 17 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, German composer and musician, born in Reichenbach, Prussia (d. 1887)
- Feb 17 Haller Nutt, American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house - largest octagonal house in the US), born at Laurel Hill Plantation, Mississippi (d. 1864)
- Feb 18 Thomas D. Doubleday, American bookstore owner and Union Army officer, born in Albany, New York (d. 1864)
Famous Weddings
- Feb 29 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
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