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02/17/1817
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1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
Type: Event
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02/17/1818
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Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
Type: Event
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02/17/1820
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Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1824
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William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
Type: Birth
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02/17/1827
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/17/1831
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Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
Type: Event
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02/17/1837
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Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1837
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Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
Type: Birth
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02/17/1841
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Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/17/1841
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Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de W‚gimont
Type: Event
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02/17/1844
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A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1847
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William Collins, landscape painter, dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1848
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Toscane gets liberal Constitution
Type: Event
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02/17/1849
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Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
Type: Birth
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02/17/1850
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Anton Urspruch, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1850
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Ludwig Bonvin, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1852
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Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
Type: Death
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02/17/1853
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Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Frˇda], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1854
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British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
Type: Event
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02/17/1854
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Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/17/1854
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Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1855
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Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1856
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John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/17/1856
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Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
Type: Death
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02/17/1857
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Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
Type: Birth
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02/17/1858
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Ernest Ford, composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1859
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Type: Event
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02/17/1862
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Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
Type: Birth
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02/17/1862
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Mori Ogai [Mori Rintar“), Japanese author (Maihime/Gan)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1864
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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1864
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Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic"
Type: Event
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02/17/1865
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Columbia SC burns down during Civil War
Type: Event
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02/17/1865
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-18] Battle of Charleston SC
Type: Event
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02/17/1867
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William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1867
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1st ship passes through Suez Canal
Type: Event
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02/17/1867
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Gyula Andressy becomes premier of Hungary
Type: Event
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02/17/1870
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Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge
Type: Event
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02/17/1870
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Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War
Type: Event
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02/17/1870
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Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1874
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Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1874
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[Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/17/1875
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Luˇs NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
Type: Death
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02/17/1876
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Sardines 1st canned (Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine)
Type: Event
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02/17/1877
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Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1878
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1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones
Type: Event
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02/17/1878
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Jos‚ Amador de los Rˇos, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/17/1879
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1880
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Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
Type: Birth
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02/17/1880
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Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt
Type: Event
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