526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1809 |
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Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
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| 1810 |
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1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)
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| 1810 |
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Seville, Spain surrenders to French
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| 1810 |
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US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%)
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| 1810 |
Birth |
Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black
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| 1814 |
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Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
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| 1814 |
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Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
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| 1818 |
Death |
Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
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| 1819 |
Birth |
Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
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| 1821 |
Birth |
Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
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| 1824 |
Death |
Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
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| 1827 |
Birth |
Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
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| 1829 |
Birth |
John Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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| 1832 |
Death |
Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop
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| 1838 |
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Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
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| 1839 |
Birth |
James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
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| 1839 |
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Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
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| 1840 |
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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
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| 1841 |
Birth |
William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist
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| 1846 |
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Th‚ophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation
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| 1848 |
Birth |
Adh‚mar Esmein, French lawyer
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| 1851 |
Death |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
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