Historical Events
- Feb 1 Parliament of Ratisborn accepts Pragmatic Sanctions
- Feb 2 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
- Feb 20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
- Feb 26 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
Famous Birthdays
George Washington (1732-1799)
Feb 22 American Founding Father, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during War for Independence and 1st President of the United States (1789-97), born in Westmoreland, Virginia
- Feb 25 Robert Hudson, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1815)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 13 Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640)
- Feb 17 Louis Marchand, French Baroque organist and composer, dies at 63
- Feb 22 Francis Atterbury, English man of letters, politician, and priest (Church of England Bishop of Rochester, 1713-23), dies at 68
- Feb 24 Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
