Editing 1915 (section)

=== February ===
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* [[February]] – While working as a [[cook (profession)|cook]] at New York's [[Sloane Hospital for Women]] under an assumed name, "[[Typhoid Mary]]" (an [[asymptomatic carrier]] of [[typhoid fever]]) infects 25 people, and is placed in [[quarantine]] for life on [[March 27]].
* [[February 1]] – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]] creates the [[Fox Film Corporation]].
* [[February 4]] – The [[Maritz Rebellion]] of disaffected [[Boer]]s against the government of the [[Union of South Africa]] ends with the surrender of the remaining rebels.
* [[February 8]] – The controversial film ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], premieres in Los Angeles. It will be the [[List of highest-grossing films#Timeline of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] for around 25 years.
* [[February 18]] – WWI: Germany regards the waters around the British Isles to be a war zone from this date, as part of its [[U-boat Campaign]].
* [[February 20]] – In San Francisco, the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] is opened.
* [[February 25]] – [[Armenian genocide]]: The Ottoman Empire transfers Armenians from its armed forces to unarmed [[Ottoman labour battalions]].