February 1820 in History

Events in History

Birthdays in History

Feb 1 George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)
Feb 2 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
Feb 3 Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)

Doc Durant

Feb 6 Doc Durant [Thomas C. Durant], American financier and railroad promoter (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific), born in Lee, Massachusetts (d. 1885)

William Tecumseh Sherman

Feb 8 William Tecumseh Sherman, American Major General in the Union Army, born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 1891)

Susan B. Anthony

Feb 15 Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women's suffrage movement leader, born in Adams, Massachusetts (d. 1906)

Feb 17 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
Feb 20 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, American druggist politician and General (Union Army), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1895)
Feb 28 John Tenniel, English cartoonist and illustrator (Punch, Alice in Wonderland), born in London, England (d. 1914)

Deaths in History

Feb 14 Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
Feb 14 Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician and founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires, dies at 61
Feb 15 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public, dies at 63
Feb 15 William Ellery, US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 92
Feb 16 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero, dies at 61
Feb 29 Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)