Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 2 John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1902)
- Feb 2 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, Spanish composer (Father of the modern Sardana), born in Alcalá la Real, Spain (d. 1875)
- Feb 3 Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
- Feb 3 Emile Prudent, French pianist and composer, born in Angoulême, France (d. 1863)
- Feb 3 Samuel Ryan Curtis, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Champlain, New York (d. 1866)
- Feb 7 LeRoy Pope Walker, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of War (1861), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1884)
- Feb 8 Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. (d. 1872)
- Feb 15 Charles-François Daubigny, French painter of the Barbizon school, born in Paris (d. 1878)
- Feb 18 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
- Feb 18 Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1892)
- Feb 19 Willem III, King of the Netherlands (1849-90), born in Palace of the Nation, Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1890)
- Feb 19 William III, last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90) until 2013, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1890)
- Feb 21 Jose Zorrilla, Spanish poet and dramatist (El rey Loco), born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1893)
- Feb 22 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
- Feb 22 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, born in Copenhagen (d. 1890)
- Feb 23 George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement ("Hope"; "Love and Life"), born in London (d. 1904)
- Feb 28 James Craig, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 8 Francis Horner, Scottish political economist and politician (1810 Bullion Report), dies of ill health at 38
- Feb 9 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, German clarinetist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 54
- Feb 18 Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian-Russian master builder and architect (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
- Feb 20 Martin de Ron, Swedish bassoonist and composer, dies at 27
