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02/15/1748
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Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1759
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Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1759
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Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
Type: Death
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02/15/1760
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Jean-Fran‡ois Le Sueur, composer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1761
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Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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02/15/1763
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Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg
Type: Event
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02/15/1764
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Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1764
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St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
Type: Event
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02/15/1766
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Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1768
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1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
Type: Event
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02/15/1768
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Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1774
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W G Frederik, prince of Orange
Type: Birth
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02/15/1775
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Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
Type: Event
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02/15/1778
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Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/15/1779
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James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii
Type: Death
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02/15/1780
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William Blackstone, jurist, dies
Type: Death
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02/15/1780
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Carel Asser, Dutch jurist
Type: Birth
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02/15/1781
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Saxon playwright/critic, dies
Type: Death
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02/15/1781
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G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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02/15/1783
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Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1785
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Claude Louis Marie Navier
Type: Birth
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02/15/1789
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Friedrich Fesca, composer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1795
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Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1797
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Battle of Cape St Vincent
Type: Event
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02/15/1797
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Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1799
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1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania
Type: Event
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02/15/1800
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Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1803
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John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1804
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New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
Type: Event
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02/15/1807
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Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1809
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Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1811
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Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1812
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Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1817
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Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter
Type: Birth
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02/15/1818
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Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/15/1819
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Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1820
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Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette
Type: Birth
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02/15/1820
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William Ellery, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 92
Type: Death
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02/15/1820
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Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/15/1821
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Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet
Type: Birth
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02/15/1822
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Theodor Uhlig, composer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1823
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Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
Type: Birth
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02/15/1826
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George J Stoney, Irish physicist
Type: Birth
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02/15/1828
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Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1829
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Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1831
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Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies
Type: Death
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02/15/1832
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Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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02/15/1834
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William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer
Type: Birth
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02/15/1835
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Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911
Type: Birth
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02/15/1835
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Henry Hunt, British politican, dies
Type: Death
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