Historical Events
- Feb 2 Frank Sprague opens the first successful U.S. electric street railway system, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia
- Feb 22 “Father of American Golf” John Reid first demonstrates golf on a Yonkers cow pasture to friends
- Feb 24 Louisville, Kentucky, becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot (i.e. secret ballot on standard voting forms)
- Feb 28 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
Music History
Feb 28 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein trilogy, premieres
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 2 Candelario Huízar, Mexican violist, horn player, and classical and canción composer ("Surco"), born in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 1970)
- Feb 2 Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle, 200m obstacle 1900), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1969)
- Feb 3 Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian(founded magazine Boekengids), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1975)
- Feb 4 Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth), born in Obershagen, Province of Hanover (d. 1966)
- Feb 6 Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera), born in Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria (d. 1973)
- Feb 8 Edith Evans, British actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield), born in London, England (d. 1976)
- Feb 8 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer and music journalist, born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 1967)
- Feb 10 Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
- Feb 13 Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1944–45, 1963, 1964–65), born in Kalentzi, Achaea, Greece (d. 1968)
- Feb 13 Heintje Davids [Hendrika], Dutch cabaret artist, (Zandvoort by the sea) (d. 1975)
- Feb 17 Henrietta "Hetty" Beck, Dutch hearing actress (Bouwmeester Award), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1979)
- Feb 17 Otto Stern, German-American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943), born in Sohrau, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1969)
- Feb 17 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), born in Kibworth Leicestershire, England (d. 1957)
- Feb 19 Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
- Feb 19 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombian poet and novelist (Vortex), born in Neiva, Colombia (d. 1928)
- Feb 20 Georges Bernanos, French novelist (Diary of a Country Priest), born in Paris, France (d. 1948)
- Feb 20 Marie Rambert, Polish English ballet director, teacher and dancer (Ballet Rambert), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1982)
- Feb 20 Vasyl Barvinsky, Ukrainian pianist, composer, conductor, musicologist ("Béla Bartók in Lviv"), and teacher (Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, 1915-48), born in Ternopil, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1963)
- Feb 21 Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton], British novelist and playwright (A Bill of Divorcement), born in Blackheath, England (d. 1965)
- Feb 21 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist and sociologist (Religious Build Up), born in Makkum, Netherlands (d. 1971)
- Feb 22 Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961)
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
Feb 25 US Secretary of State (1953-59), born in Washington, D.C.
- Feb 26 Ida Cox (nee Prather), American blues singer and vaudeville performer, born in Habersham County, Georgia (d. 1967) [birth year disputed, may be 1894 or 1896]
- Feb 27 Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
- Feb 27 Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier; Fidelio), born in Perleberg ,Germany (d. 1976)
- Feb 27 Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and writer (Psychosynthesis,), born in Venice, Italy (d. 1974)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 5 (Anthonij) "Anton" Mauve, Dutch realist painter, and cousin-in-law of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
- Feb 8 Robert H. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, dies at 52
- Feb 11 William Kelly, American inventor (pneumatic process of steelmaking), dies at 76
- Feb 13 Jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (1853-85), dies at 73
- Feb 22 Jean-Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer, dies at 72
