What Happened in February 1699

Historical Events

  • Feb 4 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 17 Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian architect (Sanssouci) and painter, born in Kuckädel, Poland (d. 1753)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 6 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies of smallpox at 6
  • Feb 27 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)