Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Feb 1 Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947)
- Feb 1 John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)
- Feb 2 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)
- Feb 2 Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat
- Feb 3 Ernest B Allo, French theologist
- Feb 11 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
- Feb 15 Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born Swedish biochemist who investigated the fermentation of sugar and enzymes (Nobel 1929), born in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1964)
- Feb 22 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
- Feb 23 Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
- Feb 26 Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist
Deaths in History
- Feb 1 Matthew Maury, American oceanographer, dies at 67
- Feb 2 Edward Johnson, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 56
- Feb 7 Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (The House by the Churchyard), dies at 58
- Feb 13 Petrus Abraham Samuel van Limburg Brouwer, Dutch politician and critic (Akbar), dies at 43
- Feb 19 Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary, dies at 35
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