Events in History
- 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
Birthdays in History
- Feb 1 Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Feb 1 American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), born in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England
- Feb 7 John Rylands, English cloth merchant and philanthropist (Rylands & Sons, Manchester's 1st multi-millionaire), born in Parr, England (d. 1888)
- 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)
Deaths in History
- Feb 7 Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
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