Historical Events
First US Methodist Church
Feb 28 John Wesley charters Methodist Church
Marquis de Sade to the Bastille
Feb 29 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 3 John Fane, British politician, diplomat (11th Earl of Westmoreland), and composer (Royal Academy of Music, 1830), born in Piccadilly, London, England (d. 1859)
- Feb 5 Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, born in Hampshire County, West Virginia (d. 1818)
- Feb 20 Adam Black, Scottish politician and publisher (A & C Black), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1874)
- Feb 27 Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist and poet (By the Rhine), born in Joure, Friesland, Netherlands (d. 1820)
- Feb 27 Job Plimpton, American composer and organ builder, born in Medway, Massachusetts (d. 1863)
- Feb 29 Leo von Klenze, German architect (New Hermitage), born in Buchladen (d. 1864)
Famous Weddings
Ethan Allen
Feb 16 American Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen (46) weds second wife Frances Montresor Brush Buchanan
Famous Deaths
- Feb 24 Anton Laube, Bohemian composer, dies at 65
