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What Happened in February 1845

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Historical Events

2,000-year-old Glass Treasure Shattered by a Drunk

Feb 7 The Portland Vase, thought to date to the 1st century BC is shattered into more than 80 pieces by a drunken visitor to the British Museum

The priceless Portland Vase, restored and back on display in the British Museum
  • Feb 15 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72 inch (183 cm) reflector telescope at Birr Castle, Parsonstown, County Offaly, Ireland
Events in 1845

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 3 Ernst von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan), born in Beirut in Lebanon (d. 1909)
  • Feb 14 Cecil De Vere, English chess player (1st official British chess champion (1866), born in London, England (d. 1875)

Elihu Root (1845-1937)

Feb 15 American statesman (Nobel Peace Prize, 1912), born in Clinton, New York

Elihu Root

Alexander III (1845-1894)

Feb 26 Russian Tsar (1881-94), born in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russian Empire

Alexander III

Born in 1845

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 13 Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher, dies at 71
  • Feb 14 Joseph Lakanal, French Politician and Educator, dies at 82
  • Feb 20 Pavel Ivanovich Dolgorukov, Russian composer, dies at 57


What Happened in 1845

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