Historical Events
"Artaxerxes"
Feb 2 Thomas Arne's opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England
- Feb 12 British fleet occupies Martinique
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 19 Friedrich Franz Hurka, Bohemian operatic tenor, conductor, and composer, born in Merklin, Bohemia (d. 1805)
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