Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 11 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist, and composer of liturgical music, born in Salzberg, Austria (d. 1862)
- Feb 16 Chretien Urhan, French violinist and composer, born in Montjoie, France (d. 1845)
- Feb 18 Marshall Hall, English physician, physiologist and early neurologist (physiology of reflex function), born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1857)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 5 William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist, dies at 79
- Feb 14 Capel Bond, English composer and organist, dies at 59
- Feb 18 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, German composer and violinist, dies at 67
- Feb 19 Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz [Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz], Czech-French harpist and composer, drowns himself over lost love, in the Seine River, at 47
- Feb 20 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire (1760-1790), dies at 48
- Feb 21 Johann Friedrich Klöffler, German composer, dies at 64
