Historical Events
Historic Event
Feb 15 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
Music Premiere
Feb 26 Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres
- Feb 27 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Johannes "Frits" Bakker Sr., Dutch actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap), (d. 1943)
- Feb 7 Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
- Feb 10 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), born in Yevpatoria, Crimea (d. 1942)
- Feb 11 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
- Feb 11 Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
- Feb 12 Hendrik P. Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)
- Feb 14 Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel), born in Glencorse, Scotland (d. 1959)
- Feb 17 Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Portuguese cartographer and aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1959)
- Feb 23 Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Soc-Dem)
- Feb 26 Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1939)
- Feb 27 Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
