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Death of James Watt

Great Britain · Science / Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1819Date range
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1819

James Watt25 August 1819

Birmingham · Science / Engineering

James Watt dies at Heathfield in Handsworth after a celebrated engineering career.

Names involved

James Watt

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