What Happened in February 1892

Historical Events

Werther Premieres

Feb 16 Opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet premieres in Vienna

Lady Windermere's Fan

Feb 20 Comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theatre, London

Feb 22 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
Feb 23 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Feb 25 James Barrie's "Walker London" premieres in London
Feb 29 Britain & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea
Feb 29 St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated

Events in 1892

Famous Birthdays

Feb 1 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall), born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1959)
Feb 4 Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937)
Feb 4 E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964)
Feb 4 Ugo Betti, Italian judge and playwright (The Fugitive), born in Camerino, Italy (d. 1953)
Feb 5 George Saiko, Austrian writer, born in Seestadtl, Bohemia (d. 1962)
Feb 6 William Parry Murphy, American physician and Nobel laureate, born in Wisconsin (d. 1987)
Feb 8 Fritz Todt, German construction engineer, Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions Reichs minister and Head of the Organization Todt, born in Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (d. 1942)
Feb 9 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer. Indonesian Adat justice, and educator, born in Sneek, Netherlands (d. 1941)
Feb 9 Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live; Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
Feb 9 Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler, born near Savannah, Illinois (d. 1936)
Feb 10 Alan Hale Sr., American actor (Little John-The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1950)
Feb 13 Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (84th Supreme Court justice 1941-54), born in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
Feb 14 Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian-British pianist (Chopin), born in Yelets, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
Feb 14 Radola Gajda, Czech military commander and politician, born in Kotor, Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
Feb 15 James Forrestal, American banker and administrator (Secretary of the Navy, 1944-47, 1st US Secretary of Defense 1947-49), born in Beacon, New York (d. 1949) [1]
Feb 17 Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis [The Kaiser's Coolies]; Stalingrad), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1955)
Feb 18 Wendell Wilkie, American Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World), (d. 1944)
Feb 22 David Dubinsky, Belarusian-born American labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom), born in Brest, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
Feb 22 Edna St Vincent Millay, American poet, dramatist and feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize), born in Rockland, Maine (d. 1950)
Feb 23 B. Traven, German novelist ("The Death Ship"; "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") who is cloaked in mystery and whose identity, real name and birthplace is disputed, born possibly in Świebodzin, Germany (now Poland) (d. 1969)
Feb 23 Kathleen Harrison, British actress (Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11), born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England (d. 1995)
Feb 27 William Demarest, American actor (My 3 Sons), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1983)
Feb 29 Augusta Savage (née Fells), African-American sculptor and equal rights advocate, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida (d. 1962) [1]

Born in 1892

Famous Deaths

Feb 5 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
Feb 9 Alfred Moore Scales, American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina), dies at 64
Feb 11 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
Feb 16 Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer in South America (described mimicry in animals), dies at 67
Feb 19 Monty Bowden, English cricket wicketkeeper and captain (2 Tests; youngest England captain at 23 years, 144 days), dies of epilepsy at 26
Feb 20 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
Feb 22 Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b. 1828)
Feb 27 Anne Clough, English suffragette, promoted higher education for women, first principal of New College, dies at 72