419 Historic Events for February 14
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| 1820 |
Death |
Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
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| 1824 |
Birth |
Winfield Scott Hancock, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
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| 1831 |
Death |
Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)
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| 1838 |
Birth |
Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
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| 1841 |
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Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866)
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| 1846 |
Death |
Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
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| 1847 |
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Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette
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| 1848 |
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James K Polk became 1st pres photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
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| 1853 |
Birth |
Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life and Loves)
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| 1857 |
Death |
Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
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| 1857 |
Death |
John B van Bree, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Charles Beach Hawley, composer
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)
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| 1859 |
Birth |
George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
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| 1859 |
Event |
Oregon admitted as 33rd state
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| 1862 |
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Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
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| 1864 |
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Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
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| 1867 |
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Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)
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| 1867 |
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Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co issues 1st policy
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| 1868 |
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Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman
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