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02/18/1815
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Henri Leys, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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02/18/1817
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Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/18/1817
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Lewis Addison Armistead, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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02/18/1817
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Walter Page Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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02/18/1819
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Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1828
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More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
Type: Event
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02/18/1829
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Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/18/1829
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Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Type: Birth
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02/18/1830
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Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67
Type: Death
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02/18/1833
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Ignac Ruzitska, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/18/1833
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James Deshler, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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02/18/1833
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Georg Johann Schinn, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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02/18/1834
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1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC
Type: Event
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02/18/1836
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Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader
Type: Birth
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02/18/1836
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Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of religions)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1838
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Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
Type: Birth
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02/18/1839
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Detroit Boat Club forms (and still exists)
Type: Event
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02/18/1841
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Samuel Prowse Warren, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1841
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1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
Type: Event
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02/18/1844
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Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1846
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Giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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02/18/1848
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (stained glass windows)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1849
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1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28)
Type: Event
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02/18/1849
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Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1850
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George Henschel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1850
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Calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties
Type: Event
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02/18/1853
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August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1856
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American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy
Type: Event
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02/18/1857
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Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/18/1857
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Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo
Type: Event
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02/18/1858
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Louise M A, princess of Belgium
Type: Birth
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02/18/1859
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Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1860
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Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1861
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala
Type: Event
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02/18/1861
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Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/18/1861
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King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy
Type: Event
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02/18/1865
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Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals
Type: Event
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02/18/1865
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Evacuation of Charleston, SC; Sherman's troops burn city
Type: Event
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02/18/1865
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Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC
Type: Event
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02/18/1875
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Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1876
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Direct telegraph link established between Britain and NZ
Type: Event
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02/18/1877
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Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1878
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Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/18/1879
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Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
Type: Event
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02/18/1880
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Eric De Lamarter, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1883
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Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1884
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Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1884
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Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"
Type: Event
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02/18/1884
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General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum
Type: Event
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02/18/1885
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Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published
Type: Event
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