Importance of Being Earnest
Feb 14 Oscar Wilde's play "Importance of Being Earnest" premieres at St James's Theatre in London
Frederick Douglass Honoured
Feb 21 North Caroline Legislature adjourns for the day to mark the passing of Frederick Douglass
- Feb 23 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named American minister to Liberia
- Feb 24 Cuban war for independence begins
Event of Interest
Feb 25 Groenkloof Nature Reserve in Pretoria established by President Paul Kruger as the first game sanctuary in Africa
- Feb 26 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio, patents a glass-blowing machine