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, 1849
Day of Week 9th » Roman Republic (19th century) named New Roman Republic established
Day of Week 13th » The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Şaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the 'General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina', which demands that the Romanians called Romanian nation be recogn
Day of Week 14th » In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
Day of Week 28th » Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California 1848 6 in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1849
2nd » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
4th » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1926)
6th » Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (d. 1912)
13th » Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1895)