Historical Events
Hedda Gabler
Feb 26 Henrik Ibsen's play "Hedda Gabler" premieres in Oslo, Norway
- Feb 28 Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
Famous Birthdays
Antonio Segni (1891-1972)
Feb 2 Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), born in Sassari, Sardinia
- Feb 2 Frank Foyston, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1914 Toronto Blueshirts, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1925 Victoria Cougars), born in Minesing, Ontario (d. 1966)
- Feb 3 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33) (d. 1981)
- Feb 4 Jüri Lossmann, Estonian marathon runner (Olympic-silver 1920), born in Kabala, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1984)
- Feb 4 [Madabhushi Ananthasayanam] M. A. Ayyangar, Indian politician (Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Bihar), born in Thiruchanoor, Madras, British India (d. 1978)
Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1979)
Feb 5 American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Anaheim, California
- Feb 5 Karl Ludwig Schmidt, German-Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1956)
- Feb 7 Ann Little [Mary Brooks], American actress, born in Mount Shasta, California (d. 1984)
- Feb 7 Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, born in Romni, Ukraine (d. 1982)
- Feb 9 Pietro Nenni, Italian socialist politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs 1946-47), born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1980)
Ronald Colman (1891-1958)
Feb 9 English actor (Tale of 2 Cities), born in Richmond, England
- Feb 10 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British army officer (Governor-General of Canada 1945-52), born in London, England (d. 1969)
- Feb 11 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), born in Hillingdon, England (d. 1965)
- Feb 12 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), born in Potchefstroom, South Africa (d. 1969)
- Feb 12 Maurice Yvain, French operetta composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
- Feb 12 Max Terhune, American actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1973)
- Feb 13 Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), born near Anamosa, Iowa (d. 1942)
- Feb 13 Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)
- Feb 16 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and advocate of scientific racism, born in Freiburg, German Empire (d. 1968)
- Feb 17 Georg Britting, German poet and writer (d. 1964)
- Feb 18 Chester Clute, American actor ("Arsenic and Old Lace"; "Too Many Girls"; "Niagara Falls"), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1956)
- Feb 19 J C White, English cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 49 wickets; 10-76 Somerset v Worcestershire 1921), born in Holford, England (d. 1961)
- Feb 20 Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along - "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Brenham, Texas (d. 1978)
- Feb 22 Jan Wils, Dutch architect (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1972)
- Feb 22 Vlas Chubar, Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician, born in Fedorivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Imperial Russia (d. 1939)
- Feb 23 Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
- Feb 26 Alan Bridge, American actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
- Feb 27 Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
- Feb 27 David Sarnoff, American radio and television pioneer (RCA, NBC), born in Uzlyany, Belarus, Russian Empire (d. 1971)
- Feb 27 Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L'Arche), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 15 Claudius W. Sears, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 74
- Feb 22 Charles Brockden Brown 'Father of American novel', American pioneering writer and editor (Wieland), dies of tuberculosis at 39
- Feb 26 Ted Barratt, English cricket spin bowler (10-43 in tour match vs Australia 1878; MCC, Surrey CCC), dies from consumption at 46
- Feb 28 George Hearst, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from California), dies at 70
