February 1899 in History

Events in History

Feb 6 Spanish–American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate

Feb 10 -39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
Feb 11 -15°F (-26°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
Feb 12 -47°F (-44°C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
Feb 13 -16°F (-27°C), Minden Louisiana (state record)
Feb 13 -1°F (-18°C) New Orleans, La
Feb 13 -2°F (-19°C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
Feb 14 US Congress begins using voting machines
Feb 16 President of France Félix Faure dies in office
Feb 18 80°F recorded in San Francisco, California
Feb 18 San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports
Feb 20 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
Feb 24 Western Washington University is established
Feb 28 Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico passes legislation founding the University of New Mexico, to be established in (or near) Albuquerque

Feb 3 João Café Filho, Brazilian president (d. 1970)
Feb 3 Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
Feb 7 Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader (First Secretary of the Latvian SSR, CPSU Politburo member), born near Zālīte, Latvia (d. 1983)
Feb 14 John Herman Randall Jr., American philosopher (Western Man), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1980)
Feb 18 Arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II), born in Dersingham, England (d. 1985)
Feb 19 Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
Feb 20 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (Pan Am Airways), born in Roslyn, New York (d. 1992)
Feb 22 Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
Feb 23 Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)
Feb 24 Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer (Ashes in the Wind), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1970)
Feb 25 Leo Weisgerber, German linguist (organicist theory), born in Metz, German Empire (d. 1985)
Feb 26 Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
Feb 27 Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist and co-discoverer of insulin, born in West Pembroke, Maine (d. 1978)

Feb 10 Future US President Herbert Hoover (24) marries college sweetheart Lou Henry (24) in Monterey California

Feb 6 Leo von Caprivi, German politician (Chancellor of Germany 1890-94), dies at 67
Feb 6 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, dies at 24 in mysterious circumstances
Feb 11 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
Feb 16 Félix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (1895-99), dies at 57
Feb 16 Lon Myers, American track star (held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile), dies of pneumonia at 41
Feb 18 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continuous symmetry), dies at 56
Feb 21 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), dies at 77
Feb 25 Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born founder of Reuters news agency, dies at 82