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, 1900
Day of Week 3rd » Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Day of Week 5th » The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal.
Day of Week 6th » The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
Day of Week 7th » Second Boer War: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British troops fail in their Battle of Vaal Krantz known as third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
Day of Week 14th » Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British troops invade the Orange Free State.
Day of Week 18th » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday (1900) known as Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
Day of Week 27th » Second Boer War: In South Africa, United Kingdom or British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
27th » The Labour Party (UK) e.g British Labour Party is founded.
27th » FC Bayern Munich known as Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
Day of Week 28th » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1900
2nd » Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
3rd » Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984)
4th » Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)
5th » Adlai Stevenson II named Adlai Stevenson, American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois (d. 1965)
8th » Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Russian animator and director (d. 1987)
11th » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
11th » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
12th » Roger J. Traynor, American jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983)