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Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps

Belgian inventor
Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps, sometimes spelled Fafschamps, was a Belgian Army captain. In 1851, with the Belgian gunsmith Joseph Montigny and the Fusnot company, he developed what is sometimes considered the first machine gun in history, 10... Wikipedia
Born: November 12, 1783
Died: July 7, 1868 (age 84 years), Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium