What Happened In February 1800 In History

Famous Birthdays on February in 1800

• 6th » Achille Devéria, French painter (d. 1857)
• 9th » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 11th » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
• 14th » Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
• 19th » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (Montreal, Quebec) called Sisters of Providence (d. 1851)

Famous Deaths for February 1800

• 23rd » Joseph Warton, English academic and critic (b. 1722)

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