433 Historic Events for February 27
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| 1841 |
Birth |
[Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee
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| 1844 |
Death |
Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
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| 1844 |
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Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
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| 1846 |
Birth |
Joaquin Valverde, composer
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| 1847 |
Birth |
Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director (Imperial Theatre)
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| 1848 |
Birth |
Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec
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| 1852 |
Death |
Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
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| 1854 |
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Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Rudolph Steiner, Kraljevic Aust, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy
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| 1861 |
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Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland
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| 1861 |
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US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
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| 1861 |
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Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia
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| 1862 |
Death |
Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
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| 1864 |
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Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
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| 1864 |
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6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
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| 1865 |
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Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Irving Fisher, US economist (compensating dollar)
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Alice Hamilton, physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)
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| 1869 |
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John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
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| 1870 |
Birth |
Louis Coerne, composer
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| 1871 |
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Meeting of Alabama claims commission
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| 1872 |
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Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U
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| 1873 |
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Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
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