409 Historic Events for February 13
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| 1849 |
Birth |
Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
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| 1852 |
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Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)
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| 1858 |
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Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
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| 1859 |
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Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
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| 1859 |
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William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
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| 1860 |
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King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
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| 1861 |
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Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians
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| 1861 |
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1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ
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| 1861 |
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Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
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| 1861 |
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Abraham Lincoln declared president
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| 1862 |
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-Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN
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| 1862 |
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Karel Weis, composer
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| 1864 |
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Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi
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| 1866 |
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Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)
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| 1867 |
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Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
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| 1870 |
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Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
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| 1873 |
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Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
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| 1874 |
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Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)
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| 1875 |
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? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Jazeps Medins, composer
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)
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| 1882 |
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Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Bainbridge Crist, composer
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| 1883 |
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Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
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