1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila

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Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical)

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Junipero Serra, priest had a mission in California

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Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)

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Thames River freezes

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Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99

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John Bacon, English sculptor

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Felice Alessandri, composer

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Destructive eruption of Vesuvius

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J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist

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Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer

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Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)

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Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer

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Weber's opera "Das Waldm„dchen," premieres in Freiburg

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Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq

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Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )

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James Hewward Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865

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Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala

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Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50

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Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist

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Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)

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Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54

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William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903

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South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification

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Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Govt

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