430 Historic Events for February 23
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| 1730 |
Birth |
Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
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| 1734 |
Birth |
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
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| 1766 |
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Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
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| 1776 |
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John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)
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| 1778 |
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Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
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| 1787 |
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Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
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| 1792 |
Birth |
Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
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| 1792 |
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Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
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| 1792 |
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Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres
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| 1792 |
Death |
Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
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| 1797 |
Death |
Antoine d'Auvergne, Fr opera composer (Coquette Tromp‚e), dies at 83
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| 1804 |
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Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
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| 1806 |
Death |
John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
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| 1807 |
Death |
Fran‡ois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
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| 1811 |
Birth |
George Washington Hewitt, composer
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| 1813 |
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1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass
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| 1817 |
Birth |
George Watts, London, painter
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| 1818 |
Birth |
Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
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| 1820 |
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Cato Street conspiracy uncovered
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| 1821 |
Death |
John Keats, writer, dies at 25
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| 1821 |
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College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college
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| 1821 |
Death |
Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
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| 1821 |
Death |
John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
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| 1822 |
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Boston is incorporated as a city
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| 1824 |
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Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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