Birthdays in History
J.E.B. Stuart (1833-1864)
Feb 6 Confederate General in the American Civil War, born in Patrick County, Virginia
- Feb 6 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist, born in Polanco, Spain (d. 1906)
- Feb 7 Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
- Feb 11 Melville Fuller, American 8th chief justice, born in Augusta, Maine (d. 1910)
- Feb 13 William Whedbee Kirkland, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Hillsboro, North Carolina (d. 1915)
- Feb 18 James Deshler, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
- Feb 24 Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier (1868..93)
- Feb 25 Clement Anselm Evans, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1911)
- Feb 28 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
Deaths in History
- Feb 6 Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (first detailed classification of crustaceans and insects), dies at 70
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