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What Happened in February 1650

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Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 2 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress and mistress to King Charles II, born in London, England (d. 1687)
  • Feb 15 Anne Jules de Noailles, French general under Louis XIV (marshal of France), born in Paris, France (d. 1708)
Born in 1650

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 8 John Adriaensz, Dutch hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74

René Descartes (1596-1650)

Feb 11 French philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking due to pneumonia at 53

René Descartes
  • Feb 26 Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, dies at 65

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal

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