Historical Events
- Feb 1 Jefferson Long of Georgia is first African American to make an official speech in US House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
- Feb 9 Federal fish protection office authorized by US Congress
- Feb 27 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
- Feb 28 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections in US
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 4 Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925)
- Feb 5 Jovan Dučić, Herzegovinian Serb poet (Blue Legends), born in Trebinje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1943)
- Feb 7 (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1927)
- Feb 9 Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), born in Doslovče, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1962)
- Feb 9 Howard T Ricketts, American pathologist (studied typhus fever), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 1910)
- Feb 14 Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (The Saga of Gösta Berling), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1959)
- Feb 18 Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
- Feb 23 Theo Molkenboer, Dutch painter ("The Toilette"), and graphic designer of book covers and posters, born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1920)
- Feb 25 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1953)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, Russian composer, dies at 51
- Feb 3 Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (Society, Caste), dies at 42
- Feb 7 Henry Steinway [Heinrich Steinweg], German American piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons), dies at 73
- Feb 12 Alice Cary, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel), dies at 50
- Feb 19 John B. Magruder, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
- Feb 20 Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter, dies at 60
- Feb 26 Charles Niellon, Belgian general (Liberation of Antwerp during Belgian Revolution), dies at 76
- Feb 26 Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, dies at 61
