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What Happened In February 1889 In History

Historical Events for February, 1889

  • 9th » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a United States Cabinet e.g Cabinet-level agency.
  • 11th » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
  • 22nd » United States President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington (state) called Washington as U.S. states.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1889

  • 2nd » Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
  • 3rd » Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1977)
  • 3rd » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (d. 1968)
  • 4th » August Pikker, Estonian wrestler (d. 1976)
  • 5th » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
  • 7th » Harry Nyquist, American engineer (d. 1976)
  • 11th » Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Indian publisher (d. 1971)
  • 12th » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (d. 1999)
  • 13th » Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and director (d. 1974)
  • 22nd » Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides (d. 1977)
  • 22nd » R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (d. 1943)
  • 23rd » János Garay, Jewish Hungarian 1928 Summer Olympics gold medalist in fencing, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (d. 1945)
  • 23rd » Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
  • 23rd » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
  • 23rd » John Gilbert Winant, American politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1947)
  • 23rd » Cyril Delevanti, English actor (d. 1975)
  • 25th » Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (d. 1982)

Famous Deaths for February 1889

  • 13th » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (b. 1815)
  • 18th » Jerónimo Espejo, Argentinian general (b. 1801)
  • 26th » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)

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