Events in History
- Feb 1 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
Election of Interest
Feb 4 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President
George Washington
John Adams
Birthdays in History
- Feb 9 Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
Deaths in History
Ethan Allen
Feb 12 Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), dies of an apoplectic fit at 51
Ethan Allen
- Feb 19 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware, dies at 50