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Famous People Who Died in February 1861

  • Feb 10 Francis Danby, Irish painter, dies at 67
  • Feb 12 Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard, French violist, composer and conductor, dies at 72
  • Feb 18 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 74
  • Feb 21 Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist and founder of Laestadianism, dies at 61