Events in History
- Feb 23 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Feb 27 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
- Feb 27 US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
Birthdays in History
- Feb 8 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
- Feb 11 Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
- Feb 13 Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
- Feb 14 John McNeil, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 1891)
- Feb 16 Joseph Reid Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1892)
Deaths in History
- Feb 13 Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725)
Robert R. Livingston
Feb 26 Robert R. Livingston, US diplomat (Declaration of Independence), dies at 66
Robert R. Livingston