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02/24/1786
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Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India
Type: Event
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02/24/1793
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French troops conquer Breda
Type: Event
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02/24/1797
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Samuel Lover, composer
Type: Birth
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02/24/1799
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Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41
Type: Death
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02/24/1799
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Georg C Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/24/1803
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Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
Type: Event
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02/24/1806
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John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/24/1807
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17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England
Type: Event
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02/24/1809
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Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1809
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Albert Sch„ffle, German sociologist (Abriss der Soziologie)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1810
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Henry Cavendish, physicist/chemist, dies
Type: Death
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02/24/1811
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Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861
Type: Birth
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02/24/1811
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Daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church
Type: Birth
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02/24/1812
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Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/24/1815
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Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies
Type: Death
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02/24/1821
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Mexico gains independence from Spain
Type: Event
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02/24/1824
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John Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
Type: Birth
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02/24/1825
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Thomas Bowdler, self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies
Type: Death
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02/24/1827
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Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Type: Birth
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02/24/1829
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Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies
Type: Death
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02/24/1831
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Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia
Type: Birth
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02/24/1833
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Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier (1868..93)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1835
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Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag
Type: Event
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02/24/1836
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Winslow Homer, US, painter (Gulfstream)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1836
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3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
Type: Event
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02/24/1836
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D niel Berzsenyi, Hungarian poet, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/24/1838
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Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
Type: Birth
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02/24/1839
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Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia
Type: Event
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02/24/1842
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Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer
Type: Birth
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02/24/1843
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[Joaquim] The˘filo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician
Type: Birth
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02/24/1846
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Luigi Denza, composer
Type: Birth
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02/24/1848
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Frans van Campenhout, Belg singer/composer (Braban‡onne), dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/24/1848
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Johanna C P Barbiers, actress (Voddenraper of Paris)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1848
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C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer (Woman Who Did)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1848
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King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared
Type: Event
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02/24/1852
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George A Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist (Esther Waters)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1854
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Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Golden Rain)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1855
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US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt
Type: Event
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02/24/1857
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1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt
Type: Event
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02/24/1857
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LA Vineyard Society organized
Type: Event
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02/24/1858
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Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician
Type: Birth
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02/24/1860
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Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types)
Type: Birth
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02/24/1862
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Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/24/1863
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Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee
Type: Event
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02/24/1863
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Arizona Territory created
Type: Event
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02/24/1864
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-Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
Type: Event
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02/24/1866
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Arthur Pearson, Wookey Somerset England, newspaper proprietor
Type: Birth
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02/24/1868
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1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama)
Type: Event
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02/24/1868
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House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
Type: Event
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02/24/1871
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Th‚odore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher, dies at 73
Type: Death
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