Historical Events
Event of Interest
Feb 15 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped

Jefferson Davis
Music Premiere
Feb 26 Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres

Franz Schubert
- Feb 27 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Johannes "Frits" Bakker Sr., 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 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)