What Happened in February 1750

Historical Events

  • Feb 8 Minor earthquake in London

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 10 Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, teacher, musicologist, and monk, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1825)
  • Feb 28 Ignacy Potocki, Polish politician and influential nobleman (co-wrote 3 May Constitution), born in RadzyƄ, Poland (d. 1809)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 2 Johann Graf, German composer, dies at 65
  • Feb 8 Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65
  • Feb 22 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71