Events in History
- Feb 1 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
- Feb 6 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
- Feb 9 Austria declares war on Russia
Birthdays in History
- Feb 5 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
Robert Peel
Feb 5 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-46), founder of the British Conservative Party and the modern police force (Bobbies), born in Bury, Lancashire, England (d. 1850)
Deaths in History
- Feb 18 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist, dies at 75
- Feb 20 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
- Feb 21 Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, dies at 64
- Feb 28 Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)
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