Historical Events
Mary Baker Eddy Opens Bible
Feb 4 American religious figure Mary Baker Eddy reportedly cures her injuries by opening a bible
- Feb 10 Dutch government of Frans van der Putte forms
Event of Interest
Feb 13 Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 5 Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist (human evolution), born in Persley Aberdeenshire (d. 1955)
- Feb 5 Rossetter Gleason Cole, American composer (Heroes of Freedom), born in Clyde, Michigan (d. 1952)
- Feb 6 Karl Sapper, German traveller & natural historian (d. 1945)
- Feb 7 (Rafaël) "Raf" Verhulst, Flemish poet, journaliat, playwright (Jesus of Nazarus; Semini's Children), and educator, born in Wommelgem, Belgium (d. 1941)
- Feb 9 George Ade, American playwright, writer and humorist (Counsel Widow, Fables in Slang), born in Kentland, Indiana (d. 1944)
- Feb 10 Bror Beckman, Swedish composer, born in Kristinehamn, Sweden (d. 1929)
- Feb 10 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer and historian, born in Alicante, Spain (d. 1951)
- Feb 15 Bannister Fletcher, English architect and architectural historian (A History of Architecture), born in London (d. 1953)
- Feb 16 Billy Hamilton, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NL batting champion 1891, 93; 5 × NL stolen base leader; KC Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1940)
- Feb 16 Johann Strauss III, Austrian composer and conductor (Dem Muthigen gehört die Welt), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1939)
- Feb 20 Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)
- Feb 24 Arthur Pearson, English newspaper proprietor (Daily Express), born in Wookey, Somerset England (d. 1921)
- Feb 24 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (6 x Olympic gold, 3 x silver 1900, 20), born in Elewijt, Belgium (d. 1961)
- Feb 24 Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
- Feb 25 Benedetto Croce, Italian historian, editor philosopher and politician (La Critica), born in Pescasseroli, Italy (d. 1952)
Herbert Henry Dow (1866-1930)
Feb 26 American chemical industrialist (Dow Chemical), born in Ontario, Canada
- Feb 28 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian philosopher, playwright and poet, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1949)
