- Feb 3 Canada's original Parliament buildings in Ottawa burn down
- Feb 3 Tristan Tzara publishes the Dada manifesto in Zurich, Switzerland
- Feb 5 Enrico Caruso records "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co
- Feb 8 French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
- Feb 8 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cent seats
- Feb 9 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
- Feb 9 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
- Feb 10 Military conscription begins in Britain
Event of Interest
Feb 10 Biggest oil well gusher ever - Edward L. Doheny's Cerro Azul No. 4 first gushes 600 feet in the air near Tampico, Mexico
Edward L. Doheny
- Feb 11 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
- Feb 11 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
- Feb 11 Germany and Austria-Hungary notify the US that they will sink any armed merchant ships starting on 1 March
- Feb 15 NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
- Feb 16 Russian troops conquer the Ottoman Empire city of Erzurum during WWI
- Feb 16 The US rejects the right of Germany and Austria-Hungary to sink armed merchant ships
- Feb 16 The German ambassador in Washington announces that Germany will pay an indemnity for American lives lost on the Lusitania
- Feb 17 Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith's musical premieres in NYC
- Feb 18 The last German garrison in the German colony of Cameroons surrenders
- Feb 21 World War I: Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months)
- Feb 22 The House-Grey Memorandum, drafted by US and Britain, states: 'Should the Allies accept [the American idea of a conference to end the war] and should Germany refuse it, the United States would "probably" enter the war against Germany'
- Feb 23 US Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
- Feb 25 Battle of Verdun: German troops conquer Fort Douaumont without firing a shot, the largest and highest fort defending the city of Verdun during World War I
- Feb 26 Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
Contract of Interest
Feb 26 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract
Charlie Chaplin
- Feb 26 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia