371 Historic Events for November 15
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| 1806 |
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Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado)
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| 1812 |
Death |
Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
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| 1813 |
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Allied troops occupies Groningen
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| 1813 |
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Tax revolt in Amsterdam
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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| 1815 |
Death |
Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
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| 1815 |
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John Banvard, NYC, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas)
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| 1816 |
Birth |
Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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| 1824 |
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Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland)
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| 1826 |
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Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
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| 1827 |
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Creek-indians lose all their property in US
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Petrus A S van Limburg Brouwer, MP/critic (Akbar)
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| 1831 |
Death |
Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76
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| 1832 |
Death |
Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63
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| 1832 |
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Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation," premieres
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| 1835 |
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti
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| 1836 |
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Pierce Manning Butler Young, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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| 1837 |
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Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]
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| 1842 |
Death |
Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43
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| 1845 |
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Opera "Maritana" is produced (London)
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| 1848 |
Death |
P Rossi, Italian, murdered
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| 1849 |
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1st US poultry show opens in Boston
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912)
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
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