Historical Events
- Feb 3 Josek Suk's "Asreal Symphony", dedicated to his late wife and father-in-law Antonin Dvořák, premieres at the Prague National Theatre, conducted by Karel Kovařovic
Schoenberg's 1st String Quartet
Feb 5 Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
- Feb 7 Conservative coalition take over Reichstag in Germany after rallying conservatives against the threat of a socialist government
- Feb 7 The Mud March, first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
- Feb 11 De Master's Dutch government resigns
- Feb 11 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, off Rhode Island, 322 die
- Feb 13 English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
- Feb 14 1st US foxhound association forms in NYC
- Feb 21 SS Berlin sinks off the Hook of Holland (142 dead)
- Feb 22 Leonid Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka" premieres in St Petersburg
- Feb 22 London, England's first cabs with taxi meters begin operating
The Philanderer
Feb 25 George Bernard Shaw's play "The Philanderer" premieres in London
- Feb 25 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
Election of Interest
Feb 26 Louis Botha Het Volk Party wins a majority in the election in Transvaal, South Africa
- Feb 26 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
- Feb 26 US Congress raise their own salaries to $7,500
Meeting of Interest
Feb 27 Psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 (Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, pedagogue, and conductor, born in Tietê, São Paulo (d. 1993)
- Feb 1 Alan Strode Campbell Ross, British linguist (coined the terms U & non-U) (d. 1980)
- Feb 1 John Canaday, American art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios), born in Fort Scott, Kansas (d. 1985)
- Feb 2 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuanian poet, editor and critic, born in Stebeikėliai, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 2002)
- Feb 3 James A. Michener, American author (Tales of the South Pacific, Hawaii), born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
- Feb 5 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1949-56), born in IJlst, Netherlands (d. 1997)
- Feb 5 Norton Simon, American industrialist (Hunts Foods, Norton Simon Museum), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1993)
- Feb 5 Pierre Pflimlin, French politician (briefly French Prime Minister 1958), born in Roubaix, France (d. 2000)
- Feb 7 Ray Colignon (sometimes none as "Coco"), Belgian jazz and easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and bandleader, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1987)
- Feb 7 Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
- Feb 8 Ray Middleton, American actor (1776; Hurricane Smith), born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1984)
- Feb 9 Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player (NHL Hall of Fame, Boston Bruins), born in Newmarket, Ontario (d. 1978)
- Feb 10 Grace Towns Hamilton, American politician (1st African American member of Georgia state legislature), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1992)
- Feb 10 Walter "Foots" Thomas, American saxophonist, flutist, and arranger (Cab Calloway Orchestra), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, (d. 1981)
- Feb 11 Anita Garvin, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Sailors Beware; Laurel and Hardy - Swiss Miss; Blotto; The Charlatan; Hats Off), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- Feb 11 E. W. Swanton, English author and sports commentator (cricket - BBC Radio), born in London, England (d. 2000)
- Feb 12 Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
- Feb 13 Catalina "Katy" de la Cruz, Filipino jazz and torch song singer, born in Bustos, Bulacan, Philippine Islands (d. 2004)
- Feb 14 Florence Rice, American actress (Fast Company, Double Wedding, Riding on Air), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1974)
Johnny Longden (1907-2003)
Feb 14 Canadian US Racing HOF jockey (1943 Triple Crown on Count Fleet; US Champion Jockey: by earnings 1943, 45; by wins 1938, 47, 48) and trainer (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes 1969), born in Wakefield, England
Cesar Romero (1907-1994)
Feb 15 American actor (Batman, Ocean's 11), born in New York City
- Feb 15 Jean Langlais, French organist, and composer (Missa Salve Regina), born in La Fontenelle, Brittany, France (d. 1991)
- Feb 16 Eugen Malmstén, Finnish jazz trumpeter, singer, bandleader, and songwriter, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1993)
- Feb 16 Fernando Previtali, Italian composer and conductor (Rome Radio Symphony), born in Adria, Veneto. Italy (d. 1985)
- Feb 17 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1980)
- Feb 17 Charles B. Timmer, Dutch translator and writer (Russia Black on White) (d. 1991)
- Feb 17 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1982)
- Feb 17 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American operatic soprano (Wagner; Interrupted Melody), born in Deans Marsh, Australia (d. 1979)
- Feb 18 Billy De Wolfe, American character actor (Good Morning World), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
- Feb 20 Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
- Feb 20 Nadine Conner [Henderson], American operatic soprano (Carmen; The Magic Flute - "Pamina"), born in Compton, California (d. 2003)
- Feb 21 W. H. Auden [Wystan Hugh Auden], British-American poet (Age of Anxiety Pulitzer Prize 1948), born in York, England (d. 1973)
- Feb 22 Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
- Feb 22 Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer and director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie), born in New York City (d. 1997)
- Feb 25 Mary Coyle Chase, American playwright (Harvey 1945 Pulitzer Prize), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1981)
- Feb 25 Sabahattin Ali, Turkish poet, author and journalist (Esirler, Içimizdeki Şeytan), born in Eğridere, Gümülcine, Ottoman Empire (d. 1948)
- Feb 25 Shimen Ruskin, Polish actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time), born in Vilna, Russian Empire (d. 1976)
- Feb 26 Dub Taylor [Walter Clarence Taylor Jr], American character actor (Gunsmoke), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1994)
- Feb 26 John Bowlby, British psychologist, born in London, England (d. 1990)
- Feb 27 (Charles) Kenneth Horne, British radio comedian (Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh; Beyond Our Ken), born in Ampthill Square, London, England (d. 1969)
- Feb 27 Hilton Smith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x NgL All Star; Monroe Monarchs, Kansas City Monarchs), born in Giddings, Lee County, Texas (d. 1983)
- Feb 27 Massimo Amfiteatrof [Maksim Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian classical musician, known as 'the Cellists' Caruso', born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1990)
Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
Feb 27 American jazz singer known as "The Queen of Swing" ("Rockin' Chair"; "Please Be Kind"; "Darn That Dream"), born in Tekoa, Washington
- Feb 28 Milton Caniff, American cartoonist 'Rembrandt of the Comic Strip' (Terry & Pirates), born in Hillsboro, Ohio (d. 1988)
Famous Deaths
Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907)
Feb 2 Russian chemist and inventor who devised the periodic table of the elements, dies at 72
- Feb 5 Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer (sextet for piano and wind quintet), dies of a heart attack at 45
- Feb 8 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
- Feb 10 William Howard Russell, Irish war pioneering correspondent, dies at 87
- Feb 12 Muriel Robb, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1902), dies of lymphadenoma at 28
- Feb 13 Marcel Bertrand, French geologist and mine engineer (tectonic geology), dies at 59
- Feb 16 Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer and Nobel Prize Laureate 1906 regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy, dies at 71
- Feb 17 Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, dies at 74
Henri Moissan (1852-1907)
Feb 20 French chemist who isolated the element "fluorine" from its compounds (Nobel 1906), dies of appendicitis at 54
