4th » The Chilean Navy under the command of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald named Lord Cochrane completes the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
6th » The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a colonization named settlement in present-day History of Liberia e.g Liberia.
23rd » Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British cabinet ministers is exposed.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1820
1st » George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
8th » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (d. 1891)
15th » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (d. 1906)
17th » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1898)
17th » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
28th » John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
Famous Deaths for February 1820
16th » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
29th » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)