Portal:Virginia/Selected anniversaries/February
- February 3, 1865: The Hampton Roads Conference is held, attempting to end the American Civil War
- February 9–10, 1864: Overnight, 109 Union prisoners of war escape from Libby Prison (pictured) in Richmond via a tunnel
- February 17, 1882: Gov. Cameron leads an unsuccessful raid against oyster pirates.
- February 16, 1961: Satellite Explorer 9 is launched aboard a Scout X-1 rocket at Wallops Island.
- February 22, 1732 (N.S.): George Washington is born at a plantation in Westmoreland County; celebrated annually as Washington's Birthday