Historical Events
- Feb 1 China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
- Feb 1 Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben" premieres in Berlin
- Feb 1 US Secretary of State John Hay protests granting Russia exclusive privileges in China, on ground that it runs contrary to the 'open door' policy granting all nations equal rights there
- Feb 4 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 2-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory
- Feb 6 Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC
- Feb 11 Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
- Feb 15 Berlin U-Bahn (Underground railway) opened
- Feb 17 A general strike in Barcelona and nearby towns leads to government-troop reprisals that leave 40 dead
Le jongleur de Notre-Dame
Feb 18 Jules Massenet's opera "Le jongleur de Notre-Dame" ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame) premieres in Monte Carlo
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Carlo Borbolla, Cuban pianist, organist, and composer, born in Manzanillo, Cuba (d. 1990)
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Feb 1 American poet (Weary Blues), playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), born in Joplin, Missouri
- Feb 1 Therese Brandl, German Nazi concentration camp guard (Auschwitz), and convicted war criminal, born in Staudach-Egerndach, Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1947, by execution)
- Feb 2 Newbold Morris, American politician (d. 1966)
- Feb 2 Tyra Ryman, Swedish actress (Luffar-Petter, Peter the Tramp), born in Arboga, Sweden (d. 1990)
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974)
Feb 4 American aviator who was 1st to fly solo across the Atlantic, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Feb 4 Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
- Feb 4 Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Mexican pioneering artistic photographer, born in Mexico City (d. 2002) [1]
- Feb 5 Bronislaw Kaper, Polish-American Academy Award-winning film composer (Green Dolphin Street; Lili; The Brothers Karamazov), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
- Feb 6 George Brunies, American musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1974)
- Feb 6 Louis Nizer, Jewish-American lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw), born in London, England (d. 1994)
- Feb 8 Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
- Feb 8 Lyle Talbot [Lysle Henderson], American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Feb 9 Blanche Calloway, American jazz vocalist, bandleader (Twelve Clouds of Joy), civil rights activist, and broadcaster, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1978)
- Feb 9 Chester Lauck, American actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live), born in Allene, Arkansas (d. 1980)
- Feb 9 Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
- Feb 9 Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician and 1st president of Gabon (1961-67), born in Libreville, Gabon (d. 1967)
- Feb 10 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste) (d. 1969)
- Feb 10 Jack Pettis, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, born in Ehrmandale, Indiana (d. 1963)
Walter Houser Brattain (1902-1987)
Feb 10 American physicist and Nobel laureate for his work on transistors, born in Amoy, China
- Feb 11 Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
- Feb 12 William Collier [Charles F Gall Jr], American stage and film actor and producer, born in New York City (d. 1987)
- Feb 12 William D. Revelli, American bandleader, born in Spring Gulch, Colorado (d. 1994)
- Feb 13 Blair Moody, American journalist (US Senator (D)-Michigan, 1951-52), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1954)
- Feb 13 Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician (dimension theory), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1985)
- Feb 13 Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, born in Borja, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1972)
- Feb 14 Fred Scott, American actor and singing cowboy, known as "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" (Melody of the Plains), born in Fresno, California (d. 1991)
- Feb 14 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, American actor (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1976)
- Feb 14 Thelma Ritter, American character actress (All About Eve; Rear Window; Pillow Talk), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
- Feb 19 Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1968)
- Feb 19 John Bubbles, American rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1986)
- Feb 19 Nydia Westman, American actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), born in New York City (d. 1970)
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Feb 20 American landscape photographer and environmentalist (Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980), born in San Francisco, California
- Feb 21 Arthur Nock, English-American historian (St Paul, history of religion), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1963)
- Feb 21 Bob Scholte, Dutch vocalist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Feb 25 Max Kommerell, German literary critic (Die Gefangenen), born in Münsingen, Germany (d. 1944)
- Feb 25 Oscar Cullmann, French-Swiss Lutheran theologist (Das Petrusproblem), born in Strasbourg, Germany (d. 1999)
- Feb 26 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna State Opera, 1940-58), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1958)
- Feb 26 Vercors [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la mer), born in Paris (d. 1991)
Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902-1978)
Feb 27 American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m, 300m, 4x100m freestyle relay 1920; first US female champion), born in Waterford, New York
Gene Sarazen (1902-1999)
Feb 27 American golfer (7 x major titles including Career Grand Slam; 38 PGA Tour event wins), born in Harrison, New York
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Feb 27 American author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize 1940, 1962), born in Salinas, California
Famous Weddings
- Feb 11 US military leader George Marshall (22) weds Elizabeth Carter Coles in San Antonio, Texas
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer, dies at 70
- Feb 2 Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (Siromahkinia - 1st Bulgarian opera), dies at 42
- Feb 3 Isaäc Fransen van der Putte, Dutch PM (1866), dies at 79
- Feb 10 Johann Nepomu Krieger, German Selenographer (lunar maps), dies at 37
- Feb 15 Wilhelmina Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68
- Feb 18 Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (landscapes of the American West), dies at 72
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)
Feb 18 American jeweler and founder of Tiffany & Co, dies at 90
