419 Historic Events for February 14
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| 1670 |
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Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
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| 1670 |
Birth |
Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer
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| 1679 |
Birth |
Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer
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| 1681 |
Death |
Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
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| 1689 |
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English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne
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| 1707 |
Birth |
Claude-Prosper J de Cr‚billon, French writer (Le sopha)
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| 1711 |
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H„ndels opera Rinaldo, premieres
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| 1746 |
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Henry Pelham appointed English premier
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| 1760 |
Death |
Fran‡ois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69
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| 1760 |
Birth |
Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
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| 1766 |
Birth |
Thomas Malthus, England, population expert (Law of Malthus)
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| 1766 |
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Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
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| 1778 |
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"Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)
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| 1778 |
Birth |
Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer
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| 1779 |
Death |
James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian
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| 1780 |
Death |
William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56
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| 1790 |
Death |
Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
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| 1794 |
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1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila
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| 1803 |
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Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn
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| 1806 |
Birth |
Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
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| 1813 |
Birth |
John McNeil, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
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| 1818 |
Death |
John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
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| 1819 |
Birth |
James Green Martin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
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