- Feb 6 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
- Feb 9 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento
- Feb 15 AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
- Feb 18 Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan
- Feb 24 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan
- Feb 26 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
- Feb 26 Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" premieres in Oslo
- Feb 28 Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)