Feb 5 News of the fall of Khartoum reaches London Feb 5 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession Feb 9 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii Feb 12 Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society Event of Interest Feb 17 Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa German StatesmanOtto von Bismarck Historic Publication Feb 18 Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US AuthorMark Twain Feb 21 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, D.C.) Feb 25 US Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds Feb 26 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1884 Historical Events by Year 1886