Historical Events
- Feb 9 France & Austria sign Peace of Luneville
Election of Interest
Feb 17 US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie, chooses Thomas Jefferson President over Aaron Burr

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr
- Feb 27 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
- Feb 1 Thomas Cole, American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
- Feb 1 Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
- Feb 7 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
- Feb 21 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer
- Feb 21 John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author (Dream of Gerontius)