447 Historic Events for February 17
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| 1857 |
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Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
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| 1858 |
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Ernest Ford, composer
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| 1859 |
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
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| 1862 |
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Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
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| 1862 |
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Mori Ogai [Mori Rintar“), Japanese author (Maihime/Gan)
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| 1864 |
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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
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| 1864 |
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Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic"
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| 1865 |
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Columbia SC burns down during Civil War
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| 1865 |
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-18] Battle of Charleston SC
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| 1867 |
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William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
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| 1867 |
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1st ship passes through Suez Canal
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| 1867 |
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Gyula Andressy becomes premier of Hungary
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| 1870 |
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Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge
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| 1870 |
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Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War
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| 1870 |
Birth |
Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
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| 1874 |
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Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
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| 1874 |
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[Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
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| 1875 |
Death |
Lu¡s NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
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| 1876 |
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Sardines 1st canned (Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine)
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| 1877 |
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Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
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| 1878 |
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1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones
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| 1878 |
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Jos‚ Amador de los R¡os, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
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| 1879 |
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
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| 1880 |
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Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
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| 1880 |
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Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt
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