Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Feb 3 Cyrus Ballou Comstock, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wrentham, Massachusetts (d. 1910)
- Feb 4 Oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
- Feb 13 John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1869)
- Feb 16 Nikolai Leskow [M. Stebnitsky], Russian writer (The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea), born in Gorokhovo, Russia (d. 1895)
- Feb 23 Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
- Feb 24 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia
- Feb 27 Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
Deaths in History
- Feb 5 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29
Vicente Guerrero
Feb 14 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829, executed by firing squad at 48
- Feb 14 Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, dies at 59