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02/02/1803
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Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862
Type: Birth
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02/02/1804
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Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1804
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Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62
Type: Death
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02/02/1811
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Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF
Type: Event
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02/02/1813
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J˘zsef Etvs, Hungarian Minister of Education (1848)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1815
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Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
Type: Birth
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02/02/1817
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John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1817
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Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1820
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Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1822
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Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/02/1823
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Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
Type: Event
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02/02/1827
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Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Type: Birth
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02/02/1827
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Oswald Aschenbach, German painter
Type: Birth
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02/02/1827
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Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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02/02/1828
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Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/02/1829
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Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 damage
Type: Event
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02/02/1835
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Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1840
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Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1843
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US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee
Type: Event
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02/02/1844
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Leander Schlegel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1847
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Jules Franois Blasini, Curaaos pianist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1848
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1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF
Type: Event
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02/02/1848
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million
Type: Event
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02/02/1850
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Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker
Type: Birth
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02/02/1852
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1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)
Type: Event
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02/02/1852
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Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camlias," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/02/1852
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Hmid Abdlhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
Type: Birth
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02/02/1852
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Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1852
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Franois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
Type: Death
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02/02/1854
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Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"
Type: Event
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02/02/1856
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Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1857
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Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
Type: Birth
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02/02/1859
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Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1861
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Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1861
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Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1861
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Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1863
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Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
Type: Event
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02/02/1864
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-Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
Type: Event
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02/02/1869
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James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
Type: Event
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02/02/1870
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Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
Type: Event
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02/02/1870
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Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY
Type: Event
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02/02/1873
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Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1873
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Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat
Type: Birth
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02/02/1873
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Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1875
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Annette Kolb, German/French author (Small Fanfare)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1875
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Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1876
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Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
Type: Event
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02/02/1878
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Greece declares war on Turkey
Type: Event
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02/02/1878
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Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1880
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SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton
Type: Event
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