February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).
Historical Events for February, 1820
Day of Week 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.
Day of Week 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.
Day of Week 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)