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02/10/1818
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Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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02/10/1819
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Richard Storrs Willis, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1821
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William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1822
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Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/10/1824
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Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
Type: Event
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02/10/1824
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Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1825
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Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/10/1827
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Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
Type: Birth
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02/10/1829
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Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/10/1832
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Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/10/1837
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Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
Type: Death
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02/10/1840
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British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
Type: Event
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02/10/1841
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Walter Parratt, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1846
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Beginning of Mormon march to west US
Type: Event
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02/10/1846
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British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
Type: Event
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02/10/1846
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Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
Type: Birth
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02/10/1847
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A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1855
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US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
Type: Event
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02/10/1859
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Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Type: Event
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02/10/1860
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John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
Type: Event
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02/10/1861
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Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies
Type: Death
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02/10/1862
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Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
Type: Event
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02/10/1862
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W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1863
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1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
Type: Event
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02/10/1863
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PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
Type: Event
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02/10/1866
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Dutch govt Frans van der Putte forms
Type: Event
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02/10/1866
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Bror Beckman, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1866
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Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian
Type: Birth
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02/10/1868
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Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
Type: Event
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02/10/1868
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William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1869
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Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1870
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City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
Type: Event
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02/10/1870
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YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (NYC)
Type: Event
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02/10/1870
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Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter
Type: Birth
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02/10/1872
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Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1876
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Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43
Type: Death
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02/10/1878
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Peace of Zanj¢n
Type: Event
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02/10/1878
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Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres
Type: Event
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02/10/1879
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1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
Type: Event
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02/10/1879
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Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
Type: Event
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02/10/1879
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Franz Carl Bornschein, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1879
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Honor‚ V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/10/1879
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Wolter R baron van Ho‰vell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/10/1880
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
Type: Event
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02/10/1880
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Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
Type: Birth
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02/10/1880
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Isa„c M "Isaac A" Cr‚mieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/10/1881
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Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/10/1882
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Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
Type: Event
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02/10/1883
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Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
Type: Event
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02/10/1884
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Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust and Phila)
Type: Birth
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