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Famous People Who Died in February 1831

  • Feb 5 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29

ExecutionVicente Guerrero

Feb 14 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829, executed by firing squad at 48

Vicente Guerrero
Revolutionary General and President of Mexico Vicente Guerrero
  • Feb 14 Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, dies at 59

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