What Happened In February 1802 In History

Famous Birthdays on February in 1802

• 2nd » Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
• 6th » Charles Wheatstone, English physicist (d. 1875)
• 11th » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
• 16th » Phineas Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866)
• 19th » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss politician (d. 1881)
• 20th » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1870)
• 26th » Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885)

Famous Deaths for February 1802

• 2nd » Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
• 26th » Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)

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