409 Historic Events for February 13
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| 1784 |
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Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
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| 1786 |
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Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia
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| 1787 |
Birth |
James P Carrell, composer
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| 1795 |
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1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
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| 1798 |
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Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
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| 1799 |
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1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts
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| 1805 |
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David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
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| 1805 |
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Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist
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| 1807 |
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Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters)
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| 1809 |
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French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
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| 1813 |
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Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
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| 1814 |
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Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
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| 1816 |
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-14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
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| 1820 |
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Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer
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| 1822 |
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Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
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| 1826 |
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American Temperance Society, forms in Boston
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| 1829 |
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Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
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| 1831 |
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John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
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| 1832 |
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1st appearance of cholera at London
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| 1833 |
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William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915
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| 1837 |
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Riot in NY over high price of flour
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| 1837 |
Birth |
Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Georg Jacobi, composer
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| 1841 |
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Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
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| 1849 |
Death |
Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
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