What Happened in February 1841

Famous Birthdays

Feb 1 William Henry Davenport, American stage magician, claimed to be a spirit medium, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1877)
Feb 2 François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
Feb 4 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
Feb 10 Walter Parratt, British organist and composer, born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1924)
Feb 12 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch politician (Mayor of Amsterdam, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891-1894), born in De Werken, Netherlands (d. 1914)
Feb 15 Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian lawyer, politician (President of Brazil, 1898-1902), and coffee grower, born in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1913)
Feb 18 Samuel Prowse Warren, Canadian organist and composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915)
Feb 19 Felipe Pedrell, Spanish guitarist, composer (Excelsior; La Celestina), and musical scholar, born in Tortosa, Spain (d. 1922)

Feb 25 French Impressionist painter and sculptor (Bal du moulin de la Galette, Luncheon of the Boating Party), born in Limoges, France

Feb 26 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British diplomat (Consul-General in Egypt, 1883-1907), and writer, born in Cromer, Norfolk, England (d. 1917)
Feb 27 [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, American daughter of US Confederate general Robert E. Lee, born in at Arlington, Virginia (d. 1873)
Feb 28 Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)

Feb 11 Ferdinand Olivier, German painter (Nazarene movement), dies at 55
Feb 13 Thomas Ainsworth, English-Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
Feb 14 Antun Sorkocevic, writer and composer from Dubrovnik, dies at 65
Feb 15 Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch phyisican and chemist (electrical car), dies at 53
Feb 17 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer (Méthode, Op. 27), dies at 71
Feb 25 Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice, dies at 57