Historical Events
Charles II
Feb 5 Prince of Wales proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britain by Covenanter Parliament of Scotland
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 2 Benedict XIII [Pietro Francesco Orsini], Italian 245th Pope (1724-30), born in Gravina, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1730)
- Feb 8 Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
- Feb 11 William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
- Feb 23 John Blow, English organist, composer (Venus & Adonis), and Master of the Choristers (St Paul's Cathedral), baptized in Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1708)
- Feb 27 Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque organist and composer, baptized in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1725)
