Famous Birthdays
J.E.B. Stuart (1833-1864)
Feb 6 Confederate Cavalry Commander in the US Civil War, born in Patrick County, Virginia
- Feb 6 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist, born in Polanco, Spain (d. 1906)
- Feb 7 Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer and poet (Tradiciones Peruanas), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1919)
- Feb 11 Melville Fuller, American 8th chief justice, born in Augusta, Maine (d. 1910)
- Feb 13 William Whedbee Kirkland, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Hillsboro, North Carolina (d. 1915)
- Feb 18 James Deshler, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
- Feb 22 Josef Foerster, Czech composer and music teacher, born in Osenice, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1907)
- Feb 24 Eduard Taaffe, Austrian politician (Minister-President of Austria 1868-70, 79-93), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1895)
- Feb 25 Clement Anselm Evans, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1911)
- Feb 25 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress and mother of Theodoor Verstraete, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1903)
- Feb 28 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian fieldmarshal (Schlieffen Plan), born in Prussia (d. 1913)
