What Happened in February 1785

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 10 Claude-Louis Navier, French engineer and physicist who specialized in mechanics (Navier–Stokes equations), born in Dijon, France (d. 1836)
  • Feb 12 Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
  • Feb 21 Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, German biographer, diplomat and soldier (Die Sterner), born in Düsseldorf (d. 1858)
  • Feb 22 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), born in Ham, France (d. 1845)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 6 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch colonial governor of Ceylon (1765-85), dies at 48
  • Feb 19 Johann Christoph Richter, German composer, dies at 84
  • Feb 24 Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican attorney and father of emperor Napoleon, dies at 39