19th » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674) called Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York City or New Y
Famous Deaths for February 1674
22nd » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
24th » Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)