Historical Events Feb 8 William & Mary College is chartered in Williamsburg in the Dominion and Colony of Virginia (second in North America) Feb 13 College of William & Mary opens in Williamsburg, Virginia Famous Birthdays Feb 4 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant) Feb 7 Anna Ivanova Romanova, Empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS] Feb 24 James Quin, British actor (Covent Garden Theatre), born in London, England (d. 1766) Famous Deaths Feb 7 Paul Pellisson, French writer, dies at 68 Feb 13 Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1692 History by Year 1694