Page 2: Historical Events In February - 02
Friday, 21 March 2025
1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II) on February - 02.
1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed New York) is founded on February - 02.
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later New York NY) on February - 02.
1653 On February - 02 new Amsterdam now known as New York City is incorporated.
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC) on this day in history.
1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45 on this day in history.
1669 On February - 02 louis Marchand, composer
1673 On February - 02 kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
1685 On February - 02 charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 on this day in history.
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
1714 On this day in history nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
1714 On this day in history gottfried August Homilius, composer
1723 On February - 02 antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
1731 Georg F Händels opera "Poro," premieres in London on February - 02.
1731 Georg F Handel's opera "Poro," premieres in London on February - 02.
1732 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia on this day in history.
1742 British Walpole government resigns on this day in history.
1742 British Walpole govt resigns on February - 02.
1748 On February - 02 christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
1750 Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1762 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London on February - 02.
1769 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75 on February - 02.
1773 On this day in history vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
1779 On February - 02 georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
1780 Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies) on February - 02.
1787 Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation on February - 02.
1789 On February - 02 armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 on February - 02.
1795 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres on February - 02.
1798 On this day in history federal St Theater, Boston, becomes first in US destroyed by fire
1798 On this day in history federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire
1802 First leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25¢) on February - 02.
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