| 12691 | February 1 | Event | 1993 – Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner |
| 12692 | February 1 | Event | 1994 – Punk rock band Green Day releases their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. |
| 12693 | February 1 | Event | 1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. |
| 12694 | February 1 | Event | 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. |
| 12695 | February 1 | Event | 2001 – Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory. |
| 12696 | February 1 | Event | 2002 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. |
| 12697 | February 1 | Event | 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. |
| 12698 | February 1 | Event | 2004 – 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. |
| 12699 | February 1 | Event | 2004 – Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. |
| 12700 | February 1 | Event | 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. |
| 12701 | February 1 | Event | 2009 – The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly LGBT head of government. |
| 12702 | February 1 | Event | 2012 – At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said. |
| 12703 | February 1 | Event | 2013 – The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public. |
| 12704 | February 1 | Birth | 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326) |
| 12705 | February 1 | Birth | 1402 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445) |
| 12706 | February 1 | Birth | 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508) |
| 12707 | February 1 | Birth | 1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516) |
| 12708 | February 1 | Birth | 1501 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (d. 1565) |
| 12709 | February 1 | Birth | 1552 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634) |
| 12710 | February 1 | Birth | 1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689) |
| 12711 | February 1 | Birth | 1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724) |
| 12712 | February 1 | Birth | 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729) |
| 12713 | February 1 | Birth | 1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748) |
| 12714 | February 1 | Birth | 1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733) |
| 12715 | February 1 | Birth | 1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768) |
| 12716 | February 1 | Birth | 1701 – Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765) |
| 12717 | February 1 | Birth | 1710 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771) |
| 12718 | February 1 | Birth | 1761 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836) |
| 12719 | February 1 | Birth | 1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854) |
| 12720 | February 1 | Birth | 1764 – George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805) |