February

February, The very rich hours of the Duke of Berry, principles s. XV.

In the Gregorian calendar, February is the second month of the year and is the shortest: it has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years. On very rare occasions there has been a February 30, produced either by the conversion from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, or by the adoption of a revolutionary calendar in which every month had 30 days.

It was named in honor of the februa in the Lupercalia, the festival of purification in Ancient Rome: Sabines celebrate the annual festival of purification which they called februa (from februum, a kind of strap), on a date now identified as February 15. After the founding of Rome and the subsequent rise of the Roman Empire, the dominant city borrowed its name from the 'Februas' festivals of the Roman Empire. to designate the month in which these took place, which at that time was the last of the year.

For the Catholic Church, this month is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and the Holy Family.

Iconology

Among the Romans this month was under the protection of Neptune. They represented him under the image of a woman dressed in blue, with her tunic raised and fastened with a belt. She carried an aquatic bird in her hands and brought on her head an urn from which water came out in abundance, to indicate that it is the month of rains; which also meant the gray heron and the fish that were laid at her feet.

Cl. Andran allegorizes it in the following way: the god of the waters with his trident in his hand, is standing on a cave formed by waterfalls, full of nets and other fishing and fish instruments, a sign of this month. Close to everything you can see Neptune's horses and further away a ship with its rigging. The decorations are a mixture of sea birds, fish, corals and all kinds of rich shells.

Events in February

• On February 2, the Day of Candelaria is celebrated.
• On February 3, San Blas Day is celebrated.
• February 4th: World Day to Fight Cancer.
• On February 4th, it is the earliest date on which Wednesday of ash can occur, being the last, the year of 1818.
• February 5: Mexican Constitution Day.
• On February 6, Bob Marley Day is celebrated
• On February 12, 1541, Pedro de Valdivia founded Santiago de Nueva Extremadura, the current Santiago, the capital of Chile.
• On February 12, Venezuela celebrates Youth Day for the Battle of La Victoria.
• On 12 February 1818, the independence of Chile is proclaimed in the city of Talca.
• The International Condom Day is celebrated on 13 February.
• On February 14, Valentine's Day, Love and Friendship Day or Love Day are celebrated.
• On 15 February, the International Day to Combat Child Cancer is commemorated.
• On 18 February, Asperger International Syndrome Day is commemorated.
• On February 18, 1930, Pluto was discovered.
• On February 22, 1857, Robert Baden-Powell was born, founder of the scout movement; the world's largest youth movement.
• On February 24, 1895 the War of Independence began in Cuba.
• February 24 is celebrated in Mexico on Bandera Day.
• On 27 February 1844 the Independence of the Dominican Republic was proclaimed.
• On 27 February 2010 in the Central-South Zone of Chile 90 kilometres from Concepción (Region of Biobío) an 8.8-degree earthquake occurs in the Ritcher scale with a later Tsunami.
• On February 28, Andalusia Day is celebrated.
• World Rare Disease Day is celebrated on 29 February

February sayings

• Open in February with two layers and a hat.
• When it rains in February all year in temper.
• When it does not rain in February there is no good meadow or good rye.
• In February the hole lizard comes out.
• January and February swell the barn, with its ice and its avocado.
• In January and February one time in the sun and another in the humero.
• In February comes the bear of the bear.
• In February one bad day and another good.
• In February one time in the sun and another in the rosemary.
• Crazy February, and March another little.
• In February he seeks the shadow of the dog and in March the master.

Fictional days

• February 30, used in jokes and was also used once in Sweden in 1712
• February 31, sometimes used in tombs for unknown days and fictional works