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02/28/1799
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Johann von D”llinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
Type: Birth
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02/28/1810
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1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
Type: Event
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02/28/1810
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Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
Type: Birth
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02/28/1812
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Berthold Auerbach, German author (Schwarzw„lder Dorfgeschichten)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1817
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James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
Type: Birth
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02/28/1818
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/28/1819
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1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Sch„fers Klageleid"
Type: Event
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02/28/1820
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John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1822
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Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
Type: Birth
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02/28/1823
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Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
Type: Birth
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02/28/1824
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John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
Type: Birth
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02/28/1824
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Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
Type: Birth
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02/28/1825
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Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
Type: Birth
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02/28/1826
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M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
Type: Event
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02/28/1827
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1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) chartered
Type: Event
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02/28/1828
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Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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02/28/1833
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Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
Type: Birth
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02/28/1835
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Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"
Type: Event
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02/28/1844
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Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
Type: Death
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02/28/1844
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Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
Type: Death
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02/28/1844
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12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
Type: Event
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02/28/1847
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US defeats M‚xico in battle of Sacramento
Type: Event
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02/28/1849
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1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
Type: Event
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02/28/1850
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Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1854
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Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
Type: Event
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02/28/1854
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Juliusz Zarebski, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1857
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Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1858
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Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1859
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Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
Type: Event
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02/28/1861
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Territories of Nevada and Colorado created
Type: Event
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02/28/1862
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Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/28/1863
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Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
Type: Event
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02/28/1864
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-Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
Type: Event
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02/28/1864
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-Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
Type: Event
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02/28/1865
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Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1865
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Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary
Type: Birth
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02/28/1866
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Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]
Type: Birth
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02/28/1871
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2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
Type: Event
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02/28/1874
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Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1875
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Viliam Figus, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1876
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John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1876
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Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/28/1877
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Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1878
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US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
Type: Event
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02/28/1879
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"Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
Type: Event
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02/28/1882
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Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)
Type: Birth
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02/28/1882
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1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U
Type: Event
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02/28/1882
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Jos‚ Vasconcelos, Oaxaca M‚xico, politician/essayist/philosopher
Type: Birth
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02/28/1882
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Richard Heinrich Stein, composer
Type: Birth
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02/28/1883
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1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
Type: Event
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