526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1859 |
Birth |
Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
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| 1860 |
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1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
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| 1861 |
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Texas becomes 7th state to secede
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| 1861 |
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Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
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| 1862 |
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Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
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| 1864 |
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2nd German-Danish war begins
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| 1864 |
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Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
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| 1864 |
Event |
-Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS
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| 1865 |
Event |
13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
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| 1865 |
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General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins
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| 1865 |
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JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
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| 1867 |
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Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
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| 1869 |
Death |
Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
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| 1871 |
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Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
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| 1871 |
Death |
Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope and Glory)
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| 1873 |
Death |
Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
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| 1875 |
Death |
William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
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| 1877 |
Death |
Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
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| 1878 |
Death |
George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
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