- Feb 1 Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America - The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens
- Feb 2 US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee
- Feb 6 The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
I Lombardi
Feb 11 Giuseppe Verdi's dramatic opera "I Lombardi" premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy
The General, The Schoolgirl, And The Famous One-Word Despatch
Feb 17 Battle of Miani: Bombay Army of the East India Company led by Charles Napier defeats a Baluch army of Talpur Emirs of Sindh led by Mir Nasir Khan Talpur; the company captures parts of Sindh, their first possession in modern-day Pakistan
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
Suffragists