What Happened In February 1851 In History

Historical Events for February, 1851

• 6th » The largest Bushfires in Australia Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history Black Thursday (1851) take place in the state of Victoria (Australia) Victoria.
• 12th » Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rushes.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1851

• 1st » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
• 2nd » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator (d. 1913)
• 15th » Spiru Haret, Romanian-Armenian mathematician, astronomer, and politician (d. 1912)
• 28th » Samuel W. McCall, American politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)

Famous Deaths for February 1851

• 1st » Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
• 18th » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)

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