This month in Harvard history

Feb. 29, 1672 — President Charles Chauncy dies in office.

Feb. 10, 1853 — Jared Sparks steps down as President; James Walker, Class of 1814, immediately succeeds him to become Harvard’s 18th President.

Feb. 26, 1862 — President Cornelius Conway Felton dies in office.

February 1900 — Through the efforts of the Cambridge Cantabrigia Club, the Radcliffe College Scholarship Fund reaches roughly $2,000.