Historical Events
- Feb 5 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway
- Feb 7 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (NYC)
- Feb 12 Chile gains independence from Spain
- Feb 17 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
Famous Birthdays
Frederick Douglass (c. 1817/18-1895)
Feb 14 African-American abolitionist, lecturer and editor who was also an escaped slave [exact birth year unknown], born in Talbot County, Maryland
- Feb 23 Jeremy Francis Gilmer, American general and engineer (Chief Engineer for Confederate War Dept, planned defense of Atlanta), born in Guilford County, North Carolina (d. 1883)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer, dies at 74
- Feb 5 Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18) and King of Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
- Feb 13 Absalom Jones, African-American abolitionist and clergyman, dies at 71
- Feb 13 George Rogers Clark, American frontier military leader in Revolutionary War, dies at 65
- Feb 28 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dutch publisher and writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
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