February1890

Famous People Who Died in February 1890

Feb 3 C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist (Buys Ballot's law), dies at 72

Christopher Latham Sholes

Feb 17 Christopher Latham Sholes, American newspaper man, politician and inventor of the typewriter, dies of tuberculosis at 71

Christopher Latham Sholes — Inventor of the QWERTY Keyboard Christopher Latham Sholes

Feb 18 Gyula Andrássy Sr, Prime Minister of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
Feb 22 John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (Astor Estate holdings), dies at 67
Feb 22 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b. 1834)

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