Historical Events
- Feb 10 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, France surrenders Canada to Great Britain
- Feb 12 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
- Feb 15 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years' War
- Feb 23 First major slave rebellion in South America begins, the Berbice uprising in Dutch colony of Bernice (modern Guyana) by slaves protesting conditions
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Thomas Campbell, Irish-American clergyman (founder of Disciples of Christ movement in America), born in County Down, Ireland (d. 1854)
- Feb 3 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, born in Rudolstadt (d. 1847)
- Feb 9 Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- Feb 14 Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general, born in Morlaix, Brittany, France (d. 1813)
- Feb 20 Adalbert Gyrowetz [Vojtěch Jírovec], Bohemian composer (Robert oder die Prüfung), born in České Budějovice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1850) [1]