Historical Events
- Feb 27 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Dutch Vice-admiral De Ruyter captures Fort Cormantin from the English
Famous Birthdays
Anne Stuart (1665-1714)
Feb 6 Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), born in St James's Palace, London
- Feb 12 Rudolph Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (sexuality of plants), born in Tübingen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1721)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 28 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey