420 Historic Events for February 16
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| 1822 |
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Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist
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| 1822 |
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James Patton Anderson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
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| 1823 |
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John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
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| 1823 |
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Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
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| 1824 |
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Athenaeum founded
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| 1825 |
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George Gerson, composer, dies at 34
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| 1826 |
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Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus)
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| 1826 |
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Franz von Holstein, composer
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| 1829 |
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Fran‡ois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
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| 1831 |
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Nikolai Leskow, writer
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| 1832 |
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Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
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| 1832 |
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1øN, 29øW)
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| 1834 |
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Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
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| 1834 |
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Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
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| 1836 |
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Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
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| 1838 |
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Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
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| 1838 |
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Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
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| 1838 |
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Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
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| 1840 |
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American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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| 1846 |
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Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India
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| 1847 |
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Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
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| 1848 |
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Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
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| 1850 |
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Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
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| 1851 |
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Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
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| 1852 |
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William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
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