What Happened In February 1839 In History

Famous Birthdays on February in 1839

• 6th » Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist (d. 1907)
• 9th » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
• 11th » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (d. 1903)
• 20th » Benjamin Waugh, English activist, founded the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children e.g NSPCC (d. 1908)
• 22nd » Francis Pharcellus Church, American publisher (d. 1906)

Famous Deaths for February 1839

• 7th » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
• 15th » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)

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