Historedia
Person

Petrache Poenaru

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1826–1827

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Petrache Poenaru, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Petrache Poenaru receives French patent for the fountain pen

    1826–1827

    Role: Inventor

    1. c. 1826 · ParisInvention Development

      Poenaru invented the fountain pen during his studies at the École Polytechnique, likely in 1826, to facilitate note-taking.

    2. 25 May 1827 · ParisFrench Patent Registration

      The French Ministry of the Interior registered Poenaru's fountain pen invention on 25 May 1827, assigning it code number 3208.

Sources

  1. Petrache Poenaru Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-27