Famous Birthdays
- Feb 20 Franz Ignaz Beck, German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1809)
Famous Weddings
William Allen
Feb 16 Jurist William Allen (29) weds Margaret Hamilton
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 John Floyer, English physician and writer, dies at 84
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