Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77

Death

Fran‡ois Hanot, composer, dies at 72

Death

Antoine Reicha, composer

Birth

Caspar Furstenau, composer

Birth

Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)

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Bank of England issues 1st œ1-note

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Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)

Birth

Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad

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Honor‚ Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist

Birth

Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60

Death

Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66

Death

Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France

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John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66

Death

Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)

Birth

Hans Balatka, composer

Birth

David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75

Death

Filippo Marchetti, composer

Birth

John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)

Birth

Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I

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Aleksander Zarzycki, composer

Birth

1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified

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Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)

Birth

Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice

Birth

Wendelin Weissheimer, composer

Birth

Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)

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