Historical Events
PM William Grenville
Feb 11 William Grenville becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the death of William Pitt the Younger
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Feb 11 Vicente Martín y Soler, Valencian composer, dies at 51
- Feb 19 Elizabeth Carter, English poet, bluestocking and translator (All the Works of Epictetus Which Are Now Extant), dies at 88
- Feb 20 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)
- Feb 23 John Alcock, English composer and organist, dies at 90
- Feb 24 John Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch theologist (co-founder Foundation 't Nut), dies at 81
