- Feb 1 1st adhesive postage stamps in US isssued, by Alexander Greig's City Despatch Post company, in New York City
- Feb 7 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien
- Feb 10 Moreton Bay Penal Colony abolished and opened for free settlement (modern city of Brisbane, Australia) [1]
- Feb 21 1st known sewing machine patented in US by John Greenough of Washington, D.C.
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