469 Historic Events for February 10
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| 1702 |
Birth |
Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
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| 1711 |
Death |
Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager and Atalante), dies at 22
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| 1713 |
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Neth and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
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| 1716 |
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Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
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| 1717 |
Birth |
Pierre de La Garde, composer
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| 1720 |
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Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
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| 1728 |
Birth |
Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
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| 1735 |
Birth |
Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer
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| 1741 |
Birth |
Franz Adam Veichtner, composer
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| 1746 |
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English Pelham govt resigns
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| 1749 |
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10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
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| 1750 |
Birth |
Stanislao Mattei, composer
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| 1763 |
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Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
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| 1772 |
Death |
Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75
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| 1772 |
Death |
Louis Tocqu‚, French painter, dies at 75
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| 1774 |
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Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
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| 1774 |
Death |
Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist
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| 1783 |
Death |
James Nares, composer, dies at 67
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| 1788 |
Birth |
Johann Peter Pixis, composer
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| 1794 |
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Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
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| 1807 |
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US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
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| 1807 |
Birth |
Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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| 1816 |
Death |
Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
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