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Famous People Who Died in February 1848

  • Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
  • Feb 20 Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, dies from tuberculosis at 29

Person of interestJohn Quincy Adams

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80

6th US President John Quincy Adams
6th US President
John Quincy Adams


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