Today in History for February 1779
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Months in 1779: January March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 1 of 1
24th - George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4
20th - Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
21st - Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer
22nd - Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
27th - Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
2nd - Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
7th - William Boyce, composer, dies at 67
14th - James Cook, British explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50
16th - William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
24th - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)
27th - Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
