Historical Events
- Feb 1 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
Washington Chosen President
Feb 4 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard, French violist, composer and conductor, born in Paris, France (d. 1861)
- Feb 8 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German composer and pianist, born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1878)
- Feb 9 Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
- Feb 15 Friedrich Fesca, German violinist, and composer, born in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1826)
- Feb 27 Justus Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian writer, poet (Rhymes & Tales), lexicographer and linguist, and minister, born in Grou, Frisia, Dutch Republic (d. 1869)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 2 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
Ethan Allen (1738-1789)
Feb 12 American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), dies of an apoplectic fit at 51
- Feb 19 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware, dies at 50
