Events in History
- Feb 15 Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny" premieres in London
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Feb 18 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness, Scotland
- Feb 20 Jacobite troops occupy Fort Augustus, Scotland
Birthdays in History
Alessandro Volta
Feb 18 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, born in Como, Italy (d. 1827)
- Feb 20 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), born in London (d. 1813)
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