Historical Events
- Feb 3 Dutch States-General forbids export of windmills
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 12 Josef Reicha, Czech cellist and composer, born in Chudenice (d. 1795)
- Feb 17 Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German playwright (Der Wirrwarr, oder Sturm und Drang) and novelist, born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (d. 1831)
- Feb 20 Charles Broche, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1803)
- Feb 25 John Graves Simcoe, British Army general and 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791-96), born in Cotterstock, Oundle, England (d. 1806)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 9 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
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