469 Historic Events for February 10
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| 1818 |
Birth |
Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
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| 1819 |
Birth |
Richard Storrs Willis, composer
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| 1821 |
Birth |
William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
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| 1822 |
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Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
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| 1824 |
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Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
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| 1824 |
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Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
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| 1825 |
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Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
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| 1827 |
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Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
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| 1829 |
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Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
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| 1832 |
Death |
Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
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| 1837 |
Death |
Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
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| 1840 |
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British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
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| 1841 |
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Walter Parratt, composer
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| 1846 |
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Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
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| 1846 |
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British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
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| 1846 |
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Beginning of Mormon march to west US
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| 1847 |
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A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
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| 1855 |
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US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
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| 1859 |
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Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude and Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
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| 1860 |
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John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
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| 1861 |
Death |
Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies
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| 1862 |
Birth |
W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
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| 1862 |
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Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
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| 1863 |
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1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
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| 1863 |
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PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
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