Events in History
Chinese Rebellion in Sarawak
Feb 18 Chinese residents in the fledging state of Sarawak rebel against the "White Rajah" James Brooke
Birthdays in History
- Feb 2 Jan Six, Dutch art historian and art collector (Six Collection), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1926)
- Feb 3 Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen, Danish Botanist and Geneticist (provided evidence for Hugo de Vries' mutation theory), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1927)
- Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor, publisher and muckracker (McClure's Magazine), born in County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1949)
- Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist, painter and sculptor (Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1920)
- Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, Belgium politician and Prime Minister of Belgium (1907), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1907)
- Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1894)
Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941)
Feb 22 British officer and founder of the modern scouting movement, born in Paddington, London
Deaths in History
- Feb 7 Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
David Thompson (1770-1857)
Feb 10 English-Canadian explorer (Columbia River, mapped more Canadian territory than anyone else), dies at 86
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