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What Happened in February 1800

Famous Birthdays

William Henry Fox Talbot

Feb 11 William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, born in Dorset, England (d. 1877)

William Henry Fox Talbot
Photography Pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot
  • Feb 14 Emory Washburn, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (1854-55), born in Leicester, Massachusetts (d. 1877)
  • Feb 15 Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
  • Feb 21 John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Somerset County, Maryland (d. 1865)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 23 Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)

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