What Happened In February 1700 In History

Historical Events for February, 1700

• 27th » The island of New Britain is discovered.
• 28th » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1700

• 2nd » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
• 8th » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)

Famous Deaths for February 1700

• 12th » Aleksei Shein, Russian general and politician (b. 1662)

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