Historical Events
- Feb 4 1st US telegraph company established in Maryland
- Feb 22 Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
Victory in Battle
Feb 23 Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans

Zachary Taylor
Famous Birthdays
Thomas Edison
Feb 11 Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)

Thomas Edison
- Feb 14 Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1919)
- Feb 14 Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, born in Roal Palace, Turin, Sardinia (d. 1911)
- Feb 15 Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer, and teacher (Vienna Conservatory, 1875-1912), born in Frauental, Austria (d. 1927)
- Feb 16 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
- Feb 25 John Watson, Canadian philosopher (Objective Idealism)
- Feb 27 Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 1928)