- Feb 2 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
- Feb 2 Mexican government troops are ambushed by Yaqui Indians, 100 killed
Queen Victoria's Funeral
Feb 2 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England
- Feb 2 The US Congress passes the Army Reorganization Act, placing the minimum number of men under arms at 58,000
- Feb 3 Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra
Franz Joseph I Condemns Nationalists
Feb 4 Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Joseph I, gives a speech condemning the demands of national groups and calls for economic and social reform
Event of Interest
Feb 18 Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons.
The Governor's Son
Feb 25 George M. Cohan's 1st Broadway musical "The Governor's Son"opens at the Savoy Theatre, NYC; runs for 32 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 25 US Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr. through merger of Carnegie Steel Company, Federal Steel Company, and National Steel Company
Boer War Peace Talks
Feb 26 British general Kitchener confers with Boer General Louis Botha about peace conditions, which break down over the question of amnesty for some Boers
- Feb 27 A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers
- Feb 27 National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
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