Month at a Glance
February is short, opinionated, and doing a lot with very little. It's Black History Month in the US, it hosts the only holiday in the year that comes with a quiz about whether you actually like the person sitting across from you, and every four years it bolts on an extra day just to keep the calendar honest. It's also the month where the Super Bowl, Groundhog Day, and Lincoln's birthday all fight for attention in the same week.
2026 Calendar
Every day in February
Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)
Groundhog Day
Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)
Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)
Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.
Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhism traditions; most celebrate on February 15)
Alto of Altomünster
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
European 112 Day (European Union)
Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
Black Love Day (United States)
Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)
International Duties Memorial Day (Russia, regional)
Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong Il's birthday) (North Korea)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Army Day (Mexico)
Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)
Armed Forces Day (South Africa)
Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance: Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)
The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)
Dragobete (Romania)
Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)
Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)
Doctors' Day (Vietnam)
Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)