What Happened In February 1881 - Historical Events 1881 February

Historical Events for February, 1881

13th » The feminist newspaper 'La Citoyenne' is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.
16th » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
24th » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
27th » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.

2nd » Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
4th » Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
10th » Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director (d. 1954)
11th » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966)
12th » Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
13th » Eleanor Farjeon, English author (d. 1965)
20th » Dora Altmann, German actress (b. 1971)
22nd » Joseph B. Ely, American politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1956)
22nd » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1937)
25th » William Z. Foster, American union leader (d. 1961)
25th » Alexei Rykov, Russian politician (d. 1938)
27th » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic politician, 1st President of Iceland (d. 1952)
27th » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1966)
28th » Fernand Sanz, French cyclist (d. 1925)

5th » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian (b. 1795)
9th » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian author (b. 1821)
14th » Fernando Wood, American politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)