461 Historic Events for February 11
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| 1811 |
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Pres Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
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| 1812 |
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Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
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| 1812 |
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Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
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| 1812 |
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
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| 1814 |
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Norway's independence proclaimed
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| 1819 |
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Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
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| 1821 |
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Hermann Allmers, writer
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| 1821 |
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Auguste douard Mariette, Fren egyptologist, (dug out Sphinx 12/16/42)
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| 1826 |
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London University founded
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| 1829 |
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William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
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| 1830 |
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Peter Arnold Heise, composer
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| 1830 |
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Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
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| 1833 |
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Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice
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| 1837 |
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American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
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| 1839 |
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Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
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| 1840 |
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Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
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| 1840 |
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Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
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| 1841 |
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J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
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| 1843 |
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Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
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| 1846 |
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William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor
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| 1847 |
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Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
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| 1851 |
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1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
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| 1852 |
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1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
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| 1854 |
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Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
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| 1858 |
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1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
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