* February 15-The Tamarack Review ceases publication

* February 15-The Capitol Theatre opened in Winnipeg.

* February 15-The Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia

* February 15-The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.

* February 13-February 15-The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force destroys 13 square miles ( 34 km² ) of the city, and causes a firestorm that consumes the city centre.

* February 15-The Chicago and North Western Railway and Galena and Chicago Union Railroad merge.

* February 15-The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Edinburgh, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.

* February 15-The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.

** February 15-The Resort Hotel Reservations Hotline launches

Holly's funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.

Earnhardt's funeral was held on February 22, 2001 at the Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mountbatten attended the funeral of King George VI in June 1952 and, having been promoted to the substantive rank of full admiral on 27 February 1953, he attended the coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

He died in his sleep on February 2, 1996, and his body was subsequently cremated, without any funeral or memorial services.

Thousands of angry Hamas loyalists marched on February 24, 2008 at the funeral of a Muslim preacher who died in PNA custody, turning the ceremony into a rare show of defiance against President Mahmoud Abbas.

The funeral took place on 7 February, following a funeral act of state on the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin in the closest of family and friends.

* February 15 – The funeral of George VI takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

* February 23 – 27 – U. S. President Bush visits Japan, China, and South Korea, attending the funeral of Hirohito and then meeting with China's Deng Xiaoping and South Korea's Roh Tae-woo.

Her funeral was held on 15 February 2002 — the 50th anniversary of her father's funeral.

As the funeral procession moved through the Duchy of Bavaria in February 1002, Otto III's cousin Henry IV, son of Henry II and the new Duke of Bavaria, asked the bishops and nobles to elect him as the new king of Germany.

At the funeral ceremony, on February 15, Colter sang " Storms Never Last " for the attendees, who included Jennings ' close friends and fellow musicians.

Pius VI's body was removed from Valence on 24 December 1801 and buried at Rome 19 February 1802, when Pius VI was given a Catholic funeral, attended by Pope Pius VII.

On 19 February, a funeral service was held at his home, followed by a military procession.

On 14 February, the funeral parade began.

Meanwhile, Holly's funeral was held on February 7, 1959, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.

Smith was buried after a private funeral on 28 February 2002.

King Hussein's funeral was held on 8 February 1999 in the presence of all five of his sons, foreign dignitaries and statesmen, and an estimated 800, 000 Jordanians.

In the early hours of 6 February ( five days after Gregg's shooting and just hours before his funeral was due to take place ), about twenty Adair supporters, including White and Adair's wife, fled their homes for Scotland after 100 heavily-armed men from the mainstream UDA invaded Adair's Boundary Way stronghold forcing them to quit Northern Ireland.

His funeral was held on 3 February, the same day that Bob Hawke was elected ALP leader.

He was strongly discouraged from returning to Greece, and he did not return until February 1981, when the government only allowed him to return for a few hours, to attend the funeral of his mother, Frederica of Hanover, in the family cemetery of the former Royal Palace at Tatoi.

After Pinter's death on 24 December 2008, Gambon read Hirst's monologue selected by the playwright for Gambon to read at his funeral, held on 31 December 2008, during the cast's memorial remarks from the stage as well as at the funeral and also in Words and Music, transmitted on the BBC Radio 3 on 22 February 2009.

* María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, ( 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904 ), married on 14 February 1901 to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and titular heiress from the death of her father until the posthumous birth of her brother

* HH Princess Emine Hilmi Khanum Efendi ( Montaza Palace, Alexandria, 12 February 1895-1954 ), unmarried and without issue

In February 2012, a major Munch exhibition, " the Modern Eye ", opened at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt ; the exhibition was opened by Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway.

On 28 February 2011, MacLeod celebrated his 80th birthday aboard The Golden Princess on Princess Cruises in Los Angeles, California.

* Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil's daughter, died of typhoid Fever on 7 February 1871.

* February 25 – The Princess Elizabeth registers for war service.

* February 17 – Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany, ( d. 1922 )

* February 15 – Princess Alice of Battenberg ( d. 1969 )

* February 9-Elizabeth II's sister Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon dies in her sleep aged 71 after suffering a major stroke.

* February 9 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ( b. 1930 )

* February 8 – Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales ( b. 1719 )

* February 15 – Princess Oku

* February 1 – Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland ( d. 1732 )

* February 2 – Princess Oku of Japan ( b. 661 )

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ( Margaret Rose ; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002 ) was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI.

Princess Margaret died in the King Edward VII Hospital, London, on 9 February 2002 at the age of 71, after suffering another stroke.

* 3 October 1961 – 9 February 2002: Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

* February 6 – Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal ( d. 1490 )

* Princess Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth, born February 1, 1965.

Presided over in 1983 by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, on 20 February 1988 His Royal Highness Prince Edward is the guest of honour.

It was issued in celebration of the forthcoming marriage of James I's daughter Princess Elizabeth to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, which took place on 14 February 1613.

In February 1922, Elizabeth was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Albert's sister, Princess Mary, to Viscount Lascelles.

* HIH Princess Fatma Ulviye Sultan ( Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, 11 September 1892 – İzmir, 25 January 1967 and buried at Çengelköy, Üsküdar, Istanbul, first married to HE Damat Ismail Hakki Okday Beyefendi ( Athens, 28 October 1881-Istanbul, 11 October 1977 ) at the Kurucheshme Palace, Constantinople, on 10 August 1916, without issue ; second marriage to HE Damat Ali Haidar Beyefendi ( Göztepe, Istanbul, 20 September 1889 – Istanbul, 5 February 1962 ) at the Nişantaşı Palace, Nişantaşı, Pera ( today Beyoğlu ), on 1 November 1923, also without issue.