- Feb 10 King Philip's War: a force of 1,500 Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Indians kill over 30 men and destroy buildings in Lancaster, Massachusetts
Event of Interest
Feb 15 Isaac Newton writes to Robert Hooke “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants” (O.S. 5 Feb)
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