- Feb 11 University College London founded; known until 1836 as London University
- Feb 13 American Temperance Society forms in Boston
- Feb 24 The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War
- Feb 28 Biela's Comet rediscovered by Austrian astronomer Wilhelm von Biela (originally discovered 1772)
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