461 Historic Events for February 11
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| 1657 |
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Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
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| 1685 |
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David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
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| 1720 |
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Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
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| 1732 |
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George Washington [NS=Feb 22]
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| 1752 |
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Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
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| 1755 |
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Albert Christoph Dies, composer
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| 1762 |
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Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
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| 1764 |
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Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
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| 1766 |
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Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
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| 1768 |
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Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
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| 1776 |
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Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
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| 1780 |
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K v Gnderode, writer
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| 1783 |
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Jarena Lee, famous African
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| 1790 |
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Ignaz Assmayer, composer
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| 1790 |
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Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
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| 1793 |
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Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
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| 1794 |
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1st session of US Senate open to the public
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| 1797 |
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Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
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| 1800 |
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William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer
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| 1802 |
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Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
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| 1806 |
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Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
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| 1808 |
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Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
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| 1809 |
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Robert Fulton patents steamboat
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| 1810 |
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Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
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| 1810 |
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Loisa Puget, composer
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