Historical Events
Darwin Arrives in Bahia
Feb 28 Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia
- Feb 29 Charles Darwin walks through the tropical forests of Bahia in Brazil, describing the experience as being in "transports of pleasure"
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 6 John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Upson County, Georgia (d. 1904)
- Feb 16 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, French army officer who fought in US Civil war for Confederate Army, born in Millemont, France (d. 1913)
- Feb 26 John George Nicolay, German-American author (Abe Lincoln's biographer), born in Essingen, Rhenish Bavaria (d. 1901)
- Feb 27 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist, (d. 1872)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician, dies at 55
- Feb 1 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian, Old Frisian), dies at 71
- Feb 3 George Crabbe, English poet (Everlasting Mercy), dies at 77
- Feb 10 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, dies at 84
- Feb 15 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Danish flautist, composer, choral director, and music educator (Blaagaard Seminarium, 1791-1811), dies at 85
