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02/23/1824
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Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1828
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Mih ly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1831
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Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1834
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Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis
Type: Birth
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02/23/1836
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Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
Type: Event
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02/23/1838
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Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
Type: Birth
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02/23/1840
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Carl Menger, Austrian economist
Type: Birth
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02/23/1846
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Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated
Type: Event
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02/23/1847
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Battle of Buena Vista M‚xico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
Type: Event
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02/23/1848
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Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1848
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John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
Type: Death
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02/23/1854
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Great-Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein
Type: Event
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02/23/1855
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Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1859
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Theodor Batthy nyi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary
Type: Birth
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02/23/1861
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Dutch Premier Floris A van Hall resigns
Type: Event
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02/23/1861
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By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US
Type: Event
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02/23/1861
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Pres-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Wash DC to take office
Type: Event
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02/23/1863
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Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1865
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Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1867
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George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
Type: Death
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02/23/1868
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William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1869
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Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
Type: Event
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02/23/1869
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Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Soc-Dem)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1870
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Mississippi is readmitted to US
Type: Event
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02/23/1873
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Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1874
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Konstantin P„ts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1874
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Mjr Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
Type: Event
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02/23/1875
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Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP (SDAP)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1876
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Wadi' Sabra, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1876
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Agnes M Royden, writer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1879
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Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher (Mind and the Eye)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1879
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Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist
Type: Birth
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02/23/1880
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Edgar Istel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1881
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Titus [Anno S] Brandsma, Dutch philosopher
Type: Birth
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02/23/1882
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Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1883
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Victor Fleming, Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1883
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Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law
Type: Event
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02/23/1883
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American Anti-Vivisection Society organized (Phila)
Type: Event
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02/23/1883
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Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher
Type: Birth
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02/23/1884
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Frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1884
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Herman Courtens, Belgian painter
Type: Birth
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02/23/1884
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Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
Type: Death
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02/23/1886
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Ventura Garc¡a Calder¢n, Peruvian diplomat/author
Type: Birth
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02/23/1886
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Albert Edward Sammons, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1886
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London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad
Type: Event
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02/23/1886
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Aluminum manufacturing process developed
Type: Event
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02/23/1886
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Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres
Type: Event
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02/23/1887
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French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die
Type: Event
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02/23/1887
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Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
Type: Event
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02/23/1887
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Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
Type: Birth
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