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)