Historical Events
- Feb 3 The sovereignty of Greece confirmed in a London Protocol
Famous Debate
Feb 15 Beginning of the famous debate between French naturalists Georges Cuvier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on animal structure
Hernani
Feb 25 Victor Hugo's play "Hernani" premieres in Paris
Famous Birthdays
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830-1903)
Feb 3 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902), born in Hatfield, England
- Feb 6 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1865)
- Feb 9 Abdulaziz, Ottoman Sultan (1861-76), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1876)
- Feb 11 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, Prussian pianist, composer and music director (Royal Theatre of Hanover, 1867-87), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1913)
- Feb 11 Peter Arnold Heise, Danish organist, composer (Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal); Jylland mellem tvende), and teacher, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1879)
- Feb 12 Stephen Wilcox, American inventor of steam generators for power stations and ships (Babcock & Wilcox), born in Westerly, Rhode Island (d. 1893) [1]
Famous Deaths
- Feb 7 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
- Feb 17 Marcos Portugal [Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal], Portuguese-Brazilian opera, sacred music, and national anthem composer (Portugal - "Hymno Patriótico", 1809; Brazil - "Hino da Independência", 1822), dies at 67
- Feb 18 Charles de Merode, Earl of Merode, Mayor of Brussels and French Senator, dies at 67
