449 Historic Events for February 28
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| 1799 |
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Johann von D”llinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
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| 1810 |
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1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
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| 1810 |
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Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
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| 1812 |
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Berthold Auerbach, German author (Schwarzw„lder Dorfgeschichten)
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| 1817 |
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James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
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| 1818 |
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
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| 1819 |
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1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Sch„fers Klageleid"
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| 1820 |
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John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
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| 1822 |
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Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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| 1823 |
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Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
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| 1824 |
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John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
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| 1824 |
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Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
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| 1825 |
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Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
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| 1826 |
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M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
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| 1827 |
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1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) chartered
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| 1828 |
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Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna
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| 1833 |
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Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
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| 1835 |
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Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"
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| 1844 |
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Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
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| 1844 |
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Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
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| 1844 |
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12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
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| 1847 |
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US defeats M‚xico in battle of Sacramento
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| 1849 |
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1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
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| 1850 |
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Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)
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| 1854 |
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Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
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