Historical Events
- Feb 9 France & Austria sign Peace of Luneville
Thomas Jefferson Elected US President
Feb 17 US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie by electing Thomas Jefferson as President over Aaron Burr
- Feb 27 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish lieder and classical composer, born in Skänninge, Sweden (d. 1878)
- 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, Bohemian violinist, and composer, born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1866)
- Feb 21 John Henry Newman, British thologian (Tract 90), educator, poet (Dream of Gerontius), Anglican priest, Catholic priest, cardinal and saint, born in London, England (d. 1890)
