Editing 1901 (section)

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1901}}
* [[February 2]] &ndash; The [[State funeral of Queen Victoria]], held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]], UK, is attended by many European royals, including [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] and [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/royalfunerals/qvicfuneral01.html |title=The Funeral at Windsor of Queen Victoria|website=The Royal Windsor Website.com|publisher=ThamesWeb|access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223811/http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/royalfunerals/qvicfuneral01.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Viceroy of India]] [[Lord Curzon]] creates the new [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North-West Frontier Province]] in the north of the [[Punjab region]], bordering [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Edward VII]] opens his first [[parliament of the United Kingdom]].
* [[February 20]] &ndash; The [[Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]] Legislature convenes for the first time.
* [[February 22]] &ndash; The [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]]'s {{SS|City of Rio de Janeiro}} sinks entering [[San Francisco Bay]], killing 128.
* [[February 23]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and [[German Empire|Germany]] agree on the frontier between [[German East Africa]] and [[Nyasaland]].
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[U.S. Steel]] is incorporated by industrialist [[J. P. Morgan]], as the first billion-dollar corporation.
* [[February 26]]
** Chi-hsui and Hsu-cheng-yu, [[Boxer Rebellion]] leaders, are executed in [[Peking]].
** The [[Middelburg, Mpumalanga|Middelburg]] peace conference fails in South Africa, as [[Boers]] continue to demand autonomy.
* [[February 27]] &ndash; The Sultan of [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]] orders 50,000 troops to the [[Principality of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]n frontier because of unrest in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]].