--Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time, February 1, 1790.
--Louis S. St. Laurent, second French-Canadian prime minister of Canada, born 1882.
--American writer Langston Hughes born 1902.
February 2
--Ground-Hog Day.
--By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico gave New Mexico and California to the United States, February 2, 1848.
--James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet, born 1882.
--Violinist Jascha Heifetz born 1901.
--The last German troops surrendered in the Stalingrad pocket, completing the Soviet Union's victory at Stalingrad, during World War II, 1943.
February 3
--German composer Felix Mendelssohn born February 3, 1809.
--Horace Greeley, American publisher, born 1811.
February 4
--Confederate States of America organized by a temporary committee that met at Montgomery, Ala., February 4,1861.
--Philippine Rebellion against the United States began, 1899.
--Charles A. Lindbergh, American aviator, born 1902.
--Yalta Conference began, 1945.Amendment 24 to the U.S. Constitution, banning poll tax, proclaimed, 1964.
February 5
--Evangelist Dwight L. Moody born February 5, 1837.
February 6
--Aaron Burr, American political leader, born February 6, 1756.
--Massachusetts ratified the Constitution, 1788.
--Home run king "Babe" Ruth born February 6, 1895.
--The United States Senate ratified the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War, February 6, 1899.
--Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, born in Tampico, Ill., February 6, 1911.
--Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, February 6, 1952.
--Amendment 20 to the United States Constitution, moving Inauguration Day to January 20, proclaimed, February 6, 1933.
February 7
--British novelist Charles Dickens born February 7, 1812.
--GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Novel by DickensNobel Prize-winning novelist Sinclair Lewis born February 7,1885.
February 8
--Mary, Queen of Scots, executed, February 8, 1587.
--College of William and Mary, second oldest college in the United States, chartered, 1693.
--John Ruskin, English essayist and critic, born 1819.
--William T. Sherman, Union Army general in the Civil War, born 1820.
--Jules Verne, French novelist, born 1828.
--Russo-Japanese War began, 1904.
--Boy Scouts of America incorporated, 1910.
February 9
--William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, born in Charles City County, Virginia, February 9, 1773.
February 10
--France surrendered Canada to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763.
--English essayist and critic Charles Lamb born February 10, 1775.
February 11
--Thomas A. Edison, American inventor, born February 11, 1847.
February 12
--Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish patriot, born February 12, 1746.
--Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, born near present-day Hodgenville, Ky., February 12, 1809.
--Charles Darwin, British naturalist, born February 12, 1809.
--John L. Lewis, American labor leader, born February 12, 1880.
February 13
--Talleyrand, French statesman, born February 13, 1754.
--Grant Wood, American painter, born February 13, 1891.
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February 14
--Valentine's Day. February 14.
--Oregon became the 33rd state to join the Union, February 14, 1859.
--John Barrymore, American actor, born February 14, 1882.Arizona became the 48th state, February 14,1912.
February 15
--Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, born February 15, 1564.
--Inventor Cyrus McCormick born February 15, 1809.
--Susan B. Anthony, American woman suffrage leader, born February 15, 1820.
--Elihu Root, U.S. statesman and lawyer, born February 15, 1845.
February 16
--Henry Adams, American historian, born February 16, 1838.
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February 17
--Thomas Robert Malthus, British economist, born February 17, 1766.
February 18
--Mary I, first reigning queen of England, born February 18, 1516.
--John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress was licensed for publication, 1678.
--Jefferson Davis took the oath as provisional President of the Confederate States of America, 1861.
--Wendell Willkie, American political leader, born 1892.San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition opened, 1939.
February 19
--Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born February 19, 1473.
--David Garrick, English actor, born February 19, 1717.
--Thomas A. Edison patented the phonograph, February 19, 1878.
February 20
--Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., became first American to orbit the earth, February 20, 1962.
February 21
--Richard M. Nixon became first U.S. President to visit China, February 21, 1972.
February 22
--George Washington, first U.S. President, born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732.
--German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer born February 22, 1788.
--James Russell Lowell, American poet, born February 22, 1819.
--The United States acquired the Florida territory from Spain, February 22, 1819.
February 23
--Samuel Pepys, English diarist, born February 23, 1633.English composer --George Frideric Handel born February 23, 1685.
--W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights leader, historian, and sociologist, born February 23, 1868.
--Amendment 25 to the U.S. Constitution, on presidential succession, proclaimed, February 23, 1967.
February 24
--Winslow Homer, American painter, born February 24, 1836.
February 25
--Jose de San Martin, liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Peru, born February 25, 1778.
--Enrico Caruso, Italian singer, born 1873.Amendment 16 to the Constitution, authorizing the income tax, proclaimed, 1913.
--President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines resigned from office and fled the country, 1986.
February 26
--Victor Hugo, French poet and novelist, born February 26, 1802.
--Napoleon escaped from island of Elba, 1815.American frontiersman William Frederick Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," born 1846.
February 27
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, born February 27, 1807.
--Marian Anderson, American singer, born February 27, 1897.
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February 28
--American author Ben Hecht, born February 28, 1894.
--Vincent Massey took the oath as the first Canadian-born governor general of Canada, February 28,1952.
February 29
--Marquis de Montcalm, French commander in Quebec, born February 29, 1712.
--Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer, born February 29, 1792.
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