Historical Events
- Feb 24 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, English landscape painter, born in Kensington Gravel Pits, England (d. 1844)
- Feb 21 Friedrich Carl von Savigny, German jurist and legal scholar (historical school of jurisprudence), born in Frankfurt (d. 1861)
- Feb 22 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1813)
- Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
Famous Deaths
James Cook (1728-1779)
Feb 14 British explorer, navigator and cartographer, discovered and explored Australia, Pacific Islands and New Zealand for Britain, killed in a fight with Hawaiians near Kealakekua at 50
