Events in History
- Feb 4 1st US telegraph company established in Maryland
- Feb 22 Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
Victory in Battle
Feb 23 Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans

Zachary Taylor
Birthdays in History
- Feb 8 Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh social reformer, born in Carmarthen, Wales (d. 1902)
Thomas Edison
Feb 11 Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)

Thomas Edison