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Rinaldo

Feb 24 George Frideric Handel's opera "Rinaldo" premieres at Haymarket theatre in London

Composer George Frideric Handel

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 2 Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
  • Feb 5 Joseph Umstatt, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1762)
  • Feb 27 Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
Born in 1711

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 21 Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1704-09), dies at 57

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal

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