Historical Events
- Feb 5 Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture
Historic Event
Feb 12 Captain James Cook arrives at Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, aboard Resolution, on his 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
Historic Event
Feb 13 Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
Historic Event
Feb 14 US Congress commissions Benjamin Lincoln a major general in the Continental Army
Historic Event
Feb 16 Charles Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
- Feb 21 British ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
