Events in History
- Feb 5 Zealand, Netherlands, surrenders to French general Michaud
- Feb 7 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
- Feb 7 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
- Feb 13 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
- Feb 17 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
- Feb 21 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
- Feb 25 French Politician and Educator Joseph Lakanal, defines on behalf of the French Revolution an “educational utopia” aiming to “put an end to inequalities of development that affected a citizen's capacities for judgment."
Birthdays in History
- Feb 3 Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
- Feb 5 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
- Feb 8 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, German chemist (Chinoline), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1867)
- Feb 8 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
- Feb 10 Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
- Feb 15 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
- Feb 18 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
Deaths in History
- Feb 27 Francis Marion, American military officer (pioneered guerrilla warfare during the American Revolutionary War), died around the age of 63