421 Historic Events for February 4
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| 1698 |
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Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general
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| 1699 |
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350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
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| 1714 |
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Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
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| 1746 |
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Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
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| 1747 |
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Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge)
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| 1751 |
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Blas de Laserna, composer
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| 1758 |
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Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
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| 1764 |
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Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy
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| 1767 |
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Johann Franz Volkert, composer
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| 1768 |
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Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer/politician
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| 1769 |
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Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
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| 1778 |
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Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist (Th‚orie ‚l‚mentaire)
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| 1781 |
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Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43
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| 1781 |
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Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59
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| 1782 |
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British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet
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| 1783 |
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Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
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| 1787 |
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Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
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| 1787 |
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1st Anglican bishops of NY and Pennsylvania consecrated in London
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| 1789 |
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1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as Pres and VP
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| 1794 |
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French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
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| 1797 |
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Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
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| 1799 |
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Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
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| 1802 |
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Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College)
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| 1803 |
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William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
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| 1805 |
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William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
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