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What Happened in February 1766

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Historical Events

  • Feb 11 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
  • Feb 14 Dutch governor Falck and King Keerthisiri Rajasinghe of Kandy sign Treaty of Batticaloa

Events in 1766

Famous Birthdays

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)

Feb 13 British economist and demographer (Law of Malthus), born in Guildford, England

Thomas Malthus
  • Feb 24 Samuel Wesley, British organist and composer referred to as "The English Mozart" (Exultate Deo), born in Bristol, England (d. 1837)
Born in 1766

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 5 Leopold Joseph Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal, dies at 60
  • Feb 23 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
  • Feb 26 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, German organist and composer, dies at 30

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal

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