What Happened In February 1916 - Historical Events 1916 February

Historical Events for February, 1916

3rd » Parliament of Canada called Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario known as Ottawa, Canada burn down.
11th » Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
21st » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
25th » World War I: the Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
29th » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.

2nd » Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
6th » John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006)
9th » Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
12th » Joseph Alioto, American politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
13th » John Reed (actor) e.g John Reed, English actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
14th » Marcel Bigeard, French general (d. 2010)
14th » Sally Gray, English actress (d. 2006)
14th » Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1996)
14th » Edward Platt, American actor (d. 1974)
15th » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
15th » Jack Hanlon, American actor (d. 2012)
16th » Bill Doggett, American pianist (d. 1996)
17th » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player (d. 1940)
17th » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
18th » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
19th » Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
20th » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
25th » Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
26th » Jackie Gleason, American actor and singer (d. 1987)
28th » Svend Asmussen, Danish violinist
28th » Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (d. 1984)
29th » Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

6th » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1867)
12th » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
16th » Georg von Oettingen, Estonian-Russian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1824)
19th » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
25th » David Bowman (Australian politician) called David Bowman, Australian politician (b. 1860)
28th » Henry James, American-English author (b. 1843)