Historical Events
Cromwell Grants Rights to English Jews
Feb 4 Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector, grants Portuguese Jew Antonio Fernandez Caravajal and other Sephardic Jews denizen status (1st known rights granted to English Jews)
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 11 Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle, French scientist and writer (Plurality of Worlds), born in Rouen, France (d. 1757)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 10 Sebastian Stosskopf, German still life painter, dies at 59
