407 Historic Events for February 21
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| 1814 |
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Nicolo Gabrielli, composer
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| 1815 |
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Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor
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| 1817 |
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Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
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| 1821 |
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Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
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| 1828 |
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1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," published
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| 1829 |
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Johnson Hagood, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
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| 1831 |
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Eduard Rappoldi, composer
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| 1836 |
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Emil Hartmann, composer
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| 1836 |
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Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer
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| 1836 |
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L‚o Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copp‚lia)
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| 1837 |
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Rosal¡a de Castro, Spanish writer (Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas)
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| 1842 |
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Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
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| 1842 |
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1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC
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| 1844 |
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Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)
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| 1846 |
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1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass
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| 1852 |
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Nikolai Gogol, Russian playwright (Dead Soles), dies
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| 1852 |
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[James] Burner Matthews, US playwright/critic (NY Times)
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| 1853 |
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US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
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| 1855 |
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Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)
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| 1856 |
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Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
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| 1857 |
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US issues flying eagle cents
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| 1857 |
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Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
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| 1857 |
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Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
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| 1858 |
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Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass)
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| 1861 |
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Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
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