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02/03/1825
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Dutch North Sea coast floods
Type: Event
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02/03/1826
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Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist
Type: Birth
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02/03/1830
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Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1831
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Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
Type: Birth
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02/03/1832
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George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/03/1833
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Thomas T H Jorissen, Dutch historian
Type: Birth
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02/03/1836
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Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
Type: Event
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02/03/1842
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Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1844
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Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/03/1845
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Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1846
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Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/03/1851
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Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies
Type: Birth
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02/03/1851
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Lord Harris, cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1853
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August Kopisch, German writer (M„useturm), dies at 53
Type: Death
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02/03/1855
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Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
Type: Event
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02/03/1860
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Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
Type: Event
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02/03/1861
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L‚opold Courouble, Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1862
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Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/03/1864
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Sherman's march through Mississippi
Type: Event
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02/03/1865
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Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Will Power)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1865
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Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse
Type: Event
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02/03/1867
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Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
Type: Event
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02/03/1868
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Damaso Ledesma, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1869
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Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in NYC (Romeo and Juliet)
Type: Event
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02/03/1870
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Ada Negri, Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1870
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15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
Type: Event
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02/03/1873
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Ernest B Allo, French theologist
Type: Birth
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02/03/1874
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Gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1874
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Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1875
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Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/03/1876
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Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
Type: Event
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02/03/1876
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Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/03/1878
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Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1879
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Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1880
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Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1882
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Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1882
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Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
Type: Event
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02/03/1882
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Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/03/1883
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Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter
Type: Birth
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02/03/1883
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Clarence Mulford, Ill, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1886
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Erwin Kroll, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1887
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To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
Type: Event
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02/03/1887
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Carlo Jachino, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1887
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Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1887
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Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1888
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Joris Baers, Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1889
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Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'arc)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1889
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Risto Ryti, Finnish premier/president
Type: Birth
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02/03/1889
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Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40
Type: Death
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02/03/1890
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Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
Type: Death
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