What Happened in February 1724

Historical Events

Feb 20 George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" premieres at the King's Theatre in Haymarket, London

Feb 28 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
Feb 29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)