What Happened in February 1822

Historical Events

Feb 7 Joaquin Gaztambide, Spanish composer (Una vieja), born in Tudela, Spain (d. 1870)
Feb 8 Maxime Du Camp, French writer, traveler and early photographer (Les Buveurs de Cendres), born in Paris, France (d. 1894)
Feb 9 Charles T. Stork, Dutch industrialist (cotton machine factory), (d. 1895)
Feb 13 Lev Mej, Russian dramatist and poet (The Tsar's Bride), born in Moscow (d. 1862)
Feb 15 Theodor Uhlig, German composer and violinist, born in Wurzen, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1853)
Feb 16 Francis Galton, British anthropologist and geneticist (eugenics), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1911)
Feb 16 James Patton Anderson, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1872)
Feb 22 Adolf Kussmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease), born in Graben (d. 1902)
Feb 27 Eugene Gautier, French violinist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Vaugirard, France (d. 1878)
Feb 28 Matthew Duncan Ector, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1879)

Feb 2 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, dies at 79
Feb 5 Ali Paşa Tepelenë, known as 'The Lion of Janina", Ottoman Albanian ruler, Pasha of Yanina (1788-1822), dies aged somewhere between 78-82
Feb 10 Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 83
Feb 19 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, Portuguese composer, dies at 78
Feb 22 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer, dies at 66
Feb 24 Thomas Coutts, Anglo-Scottish banker (Coutts & Co.), dies at 86