Historical Events
Orpheus Premieres
Feb 16 Franz Liszt's symphony "Orpheus" premieres
Music History
Feb 27 German composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine River
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 9 Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician and women's suffrage activist, born in Sappemeer, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- Feb 9 Edward Carson, Irish Unionist politician and lawyer (Irish Unionist Party), born in Dublin, United Kingdom (d. 1935)
- Feb 16 Oscar Fetrás [Otto Faster], German composer (Mondnacht auf der Alster), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1931)
- Feb 17 Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG - supplied the German Navy), born in Essen, Province of Westphalia (d. 1902)
- Feb 20 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1912)
- Feb 24 Franz Courtens, Belgian landscape painter (Golden Rain) (d. 1943)
- Feb 25 Charles Lang Freer, American industrialist and art collector; endowed Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, born in Kingston New York (d. 1919)
- Feb 28 Juliusz Zarębski, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Zhytomyr, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1885)
