Historical Events
Event of Interest
Feb 10 Edmond Halley appointed as the second Astronomer Royal at the Greenwich Observatory

Edmond Halley
- Feb 11 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
- Feb 29 Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Feb 27 Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)