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01/12/1807
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Joan Lucaz, Dutch scholar/journalist/patriot, dies at 60
Type: Death
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01/12/1807
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Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71
Type: Death
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01/12/1807
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Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert
Type: Birth
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01/12/1808
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Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1809
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British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814)
Type: Event
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01/12/1810
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Ferdinand II, king of Sicily
Type: Birth
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01/12/1812
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1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
Type: Event
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01/12/1814
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Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
Type: Birth
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01/12/1816
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France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
Type: Event
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01/12/1819
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Zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
Type: Birth
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01/12/1820
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Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
Type: Event
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01/12/1821
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Nikolai Afanisev, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1825
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Joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Type: Birth
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01/12/1826
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Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
Type: Birth
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01/12/1829
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Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56
Type: Death
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01/12/1829
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Michael Gottard Fischer, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/12/1832
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Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
Type: Birth
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01/12/1833
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Marie-Antoine CarŠme, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at 48
Type: Death
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01/12/1836
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Battle of Wetumka, Fla
Type: Event
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01/12/1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
Type: Event
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01/12/1837
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Carlos Troyer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1837
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Adolf Jensen, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1839
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Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/12/1839
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Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn
Type: Event
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01/12/1842
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Fran‡ois Copp‚e, French poet
Type: Birth
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01/12/1842
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Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
Type: Event
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01/12/1851
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Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/12/1852
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Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1853
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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1856
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L'udov¡t St£r, Slovaaks author/linguistic (Das Slawentum), dies at 40
Type: Death
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01/12/1856
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John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1860
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Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Cura‡ao (christened slaves), dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/12/1861
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FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens
Type: Event
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01/12/1861
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V clav Hanka, Czech author/translator/forger, dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/12/1863
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President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
Type: Event
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01/12/1863
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Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1865
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-13] Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
Type: Event
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01/12/1867
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Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg
Type: Event
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01/12/1867
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Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/12/1871
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Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1875
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Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1876
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1876
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Jack London, writer/socialist (Call of the Wild)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1876
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Ferenc Moln r, writer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1878
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Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)
Type: Birth
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01/12/1879
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British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
Type: Event
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01/12/1880
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Ida Gr„fin von Hahn-Hahn, author (Aus der Gesellschaft), dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/12/1882
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Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
Type: Birth
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01/12/1884
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Louis Horst, composer
Type: Birth
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01/12/1888
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Claude Delvincourt, composer
Type: Birth
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