February 1859 Day Of The Week - 1859 February Calendar Month View

About Month of February Calendar

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).

Day of Week 4th » The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Day of Week 5th » Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the Danubian Principalities e.g United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
Day of Week 14th » Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
Day of Week 19th » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.

1st » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
3rd » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (d. 1935)
6th » Wilhelm Cohn, German chess player (d. 1913)
10th » Alexandre Millerand, French politician, 12th President of France (d. 1943)
14th » George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (d. 1896)
19th » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
27th » Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (d. 1936)