What Happened in February 1755

Historical Events

  • Feb 13 Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 3 Florido Toméoni, Italian composer, and playwright, born in Camaiore, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1820)
  • Feb 11 Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer of Josef Haydn, born in Hanover (d. 1822)
  • Feb 13 Francois Alexander Sallantin, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1816)
  • Feb 19 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1796-1801), born in Bergen op Zoom (d. 1801)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 10 Montesquieu, French philosopher and writer (Letters Persanes), dies at 66
  • Feb 11 Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)