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, 1825
Day of Week 3rd » Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula that formed westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its 1 km wide isthmus.
Day of Week 4th » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
Day of Week 9th » After no presidential candidate receives a majority of U.S. Electoral College or electoral votes in United States presidential election, 1824 or the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the Uni
Day of Week 12th » The Muscogee people or Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1825
8th » Henry Walter Bates, English explorer (d. 1892)
15th » Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
22nd » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (d. 1898)
Famous Deaths for February 1825
24th » Thomas Bowdler, English physician (b. 1754)