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02/13/1784
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Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
Type: Death
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02/13/1786
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Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
Type: Event
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02/13/1787
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James P Carrell, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1795
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1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
Type: Event
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02/13/1798
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Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
Type: Death
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02/13/1799
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1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts
Type: Event
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02/13/1805
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David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
Type: Birth
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02/13/1805
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Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist
Type: Birth
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02/13/1807
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Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1809
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French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
Type: Event
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02/13/1813
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Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1814
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Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/13/1816
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-14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
Type: Event
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02/13/1820
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Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1822
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Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
Type: Birth
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02/13/1826
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American Temperance Society, forms in Boston
Type: Event
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02/13/1829
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Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1831
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John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
Type: Birth
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02/13/1832
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1st appearance of cholera at London
Type: Event
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02/13/1833
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William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915
Type: Birth
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02/13/1837
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Riot in NY over high price of flour
Type: Event
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02/13/1837
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Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1840
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Georg Jacobi, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1841
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Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
Type: Death
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02/13/1849
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Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
Type: Birth
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02/13/1849
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Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/13/1852
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Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1858
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Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
Type: Event
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02/13/1859
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Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
Type: Birth
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02/13/1859
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William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
Type: Birth
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02/13/1860
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King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
Type: Event
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02/13/1861
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1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ
Type: Event
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02/13/1861
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Abraham Lincoln declared president
Type: Event
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02/13/1861
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Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians
Type: Event
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02/13/1861
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Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1862
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-Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN
Type: Event
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02/13/1862
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Karel Weis, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1864
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Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi
Type: Event
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02/13/1866
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Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)
Type: Event
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02/13/1867
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Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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02/13/1870
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Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1873
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Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
Type: Death
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02/13/1874
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Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1875
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? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse
Type: Birth
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02/13/1877
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Jazeps Medins, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1881
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Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1882
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Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
Type: Death
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02/13/1883
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Bainbridge Crist, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1883
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Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
Type: Birth
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02/13/1883
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Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
Type: Death
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