447 Historic Events for February 17
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| 1817 |
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1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
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| 1818 |
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Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
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| 1820 |
Birth |
Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
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| 1824 |
Birth |
William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
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| 1827 |
Death |
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
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| 1836 |
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
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| 1837 |
Birth |
Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
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| 1837 |
Birth |
Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
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| 1841 |
Death |
Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
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| 1841 |
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Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de W‚gimont
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| 1844 |
Birth |
A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
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| 1847 |
Death |
William Collins, landscape painter, dies
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| 1848 |
Event |
Toscane gets liberal Constitution
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| 1849 |
Birth |
Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Anton Urspruch, composer
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Ludwig Bonvin, composer
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| 1852 |
Death |
Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
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| 1853 |
Birth |
Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein)
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| 1854 |
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British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
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| 1854 |
Death |
Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
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| 1854 |
Birth |
Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
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| 1855 |
Birth |
Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
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| 1856 |
Death |
John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81
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| 1856 |
Death |
Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
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