Event of Interest
Feb 7 French writer Gustave Flaubert is acquitted on a charge of obscenity for his work "Madame Bovary"
- Feb 16 Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms in Washington, D.C.
Chinese Rebellion in Sarawak
Feb 18 Chinese residents in the fledging state of Sarawak rebel against the "White Rajah" James Brooke
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