7th » The colony e.g colonial Parliament of Tasmania e.g Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
8th » Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.
11th » The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Kolkata named Calcutta.
22nd » The United States Republican Party named Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh.
25th » A Congress of Paris (1856) or Peace conference opens in Paris after the Crimean War.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1856
14th » Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)
15th » Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
16th » Willem Kes, Dutch conductor and violinist (d. 1934)
16th » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)
25th » Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian (d. 1915)
25th » Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier (d. 1940)
27th » Mattia Battistini, Italian opera singer (d. 1928)
Famous Deaths for February 1856
8th » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
17th » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
24th » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1792)