Events in History
4th Century Bible Discovered
Feb 4 One of the oldest known copies of the Bible, "The Codex Sinaiticus" (Sinai Bible), is seen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf who takes the manuscript home with him
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- Feb 5 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities
The Indian Mutiny
Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian Mutiny
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- Feb 14 Oregon admitted as 33rd state of the Union
- Feb 16 The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch
- Feb 25 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
- Feb 28 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
Birthdays in History
- Feb 2 Havelock Ellis, American physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
- Feb 3 Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- Feb 4 Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881)
- Feb 8 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
- Feb 10 Alexandre Millerand, French President (d. 1943)
- Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
- Feb 13 William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
- Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 1896)
- Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)
Deaths in History
- Feb 23 Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)