February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).
Historical Events for February, 1884
Day of Week 1st » The first volume ('A' to 'Ant') of the 'Oxford English Dictionary' is published.
Day of Week 19th » More than Enigma tornado outbreak named sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1884
1st » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
1st » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian author (d. 1937)
6th » Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974)
8th » Reginald Baker (sportsman) called Reginald Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (d. 1953)
10th » Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (d. 1976)
12th » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor (d. 1950)
12th » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general (d. 1953)
12th » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1980)
12th » Marie Vassilieff, Russian painter (d. 1957)
13th » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (d. 1961)
14th » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
14th » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1952)
14th » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974)
16th » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (d. 1951)
18th » Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970)
28th » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
29th » Richard S. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1941)
Famous Deaths for February 1884
14th » Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1861)