On This Day

What Happened in February 1718

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 17 Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 1 Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, dies at 57
  • Feb 18 Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
  • Feb 23 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63

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