449 Historic Events for February 28
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| 1704 |
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Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
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| 1704 |
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Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
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| 1708 |
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Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
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| 1712 |
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Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, France, general
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| 1728 |
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Georg F H„ndels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London
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| 1730 |
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Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
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| 1737 |
Death |
Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
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| 1742 |
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Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
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| 1747 |
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Justin Morgan, composer
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| 1749 |
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1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
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| 1750 |
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Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
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| 1759 |
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Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
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| 1764 |
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Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist
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| 1771 |
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French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
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| 1778 |
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Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
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| 1781 |
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Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
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| 1784 |
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Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
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| 1784 |
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John Wesley charters Methodist Church
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| 1786 |
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D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
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| 1792 |
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Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
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| 1792 |
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Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de W‚gimont, wife of King Willem I
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| 1794 |
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US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
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| 1796 |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
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| 1797 |
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W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)
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| 1797 |
Birth |
Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
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