391 Historic Events for December 10
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| 1749 |
Death |
Gabrielle Chƒtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
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| 1764 |
Birth |
Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer
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| 1765 |
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[Iza„k J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot
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| 1770 |
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Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80
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| 1787 |
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Phila, pioneer of educating the deaf
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| 1794 |
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James Wolfe Ripley, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
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| 1799 |
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Metric system established in France
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| 1805 |
Birth |
John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church
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| 1805 |
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Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43
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| 1805 |
Birth |
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
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| 1810 |
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Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
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| 1813 |
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Errico Petrella, composer
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Zachariah Chandler, US, merchant/politician (found Republican Party)
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| 1816 |
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Dutch regain Sumatra
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| 1817 |
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Mississippi admitted as 20th state
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| 1820 |
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David Allen Russell, Army Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1864
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| 1821 |
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Nekrassow, writer
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| 1821 |
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Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Russkije Zjenjshiny)
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| 1822 |
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Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-H Franck, LiŠge Belg, composer (R‚becca)
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| 1822 |
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Thomas Casimer Devin, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1878
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| 1823 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Kuhe, composer
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| 1824 |
Birth |
George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie)
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| 1826 |
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Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68
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| 1830 |
Death |
Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
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| 1830 |
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst Mass, poet (Collected Poems)
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