Events in History
Murder of Interest
Feb 4 "Black Donnelly" massacre in Biddulph, Ontario, Canada: Irish immigrants James (63), Johannah (56), John (32), Thomas (25) and Bridget (21) Donnelly murdered at home by members of the Vigilance Committee
Assassination Attempt
Feb 17 Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt
- Feb 29 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy completed
Birthdays in History
- Feb 8 Franz Marc, German Expressionist painter (co-founder of journal Blaue Reiter), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1916)
- Feb 9 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
- Feb 10 Jesse G. Vincent, American engineer (designed 1st V-12 engine, Packard automobiles), born in Charleston, Arkansas (d. 1962)
- Feb 12 John Llewellyn Lewis, American union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60), born near Lewis, Iowa (d. 1969)
- Feb 19 Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and President of Mexico (1920-24), born in Alamos, Mexico (d. 1928)
- Feb 20 Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)
- Feb 21 Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)
- Feb 22 Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
- Feb 26 Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech), born in Adelaide (d. 1953)
- Feb 27 Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist, teacher and playwright (Harlem Renaissance), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1958)
Deaths in History
James Donnelly (1816-1880)
Feb 4 Irish-Canadian patriarch of the Donnelly family, murdered along with his family in the "Black Donnelly" massacre at 63
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