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What Happened in February 1735

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Historical Events

  • Feb 8 First opera performance in North American colonies "Flora" opens in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Feb 18 1st opera performed in America, "Flora", in Charleston, South Carolina

Events in 1735

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 9 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch scholar and historian, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1807)
  • Feb 10 Johann Christoph Kuhnau, German composer, church musician choral director, and teacher, born in Volkstedt, Saxony (d. 1805)
  • Feb 25 Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, German composer, born in Grossen Behringen, Thuringia, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1792)
Born in 1735

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 24 Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German composer, dies at 56
  • Feb 27 John Arbuthnot, Scottish mathematician and writer (Scriblerus Club), dies at 67

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal

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