421 Historic Events for February 4
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| 1805 |
Birth |
Georg Andreas Henkel, composer
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| 1815 |
Death |
Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58
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| 1815 |
Death |
Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77
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| 1816 |
Death |
Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63
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| 1819 |
Birth |
Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA
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| 1820 |
Birth |
Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author (Babicka)
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| 1822 |
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Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
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| 1824 |
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J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
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| 1826 |
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Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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| 1834 |
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Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66
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| 1841 |
Birth |
Cl‚ment Ader, French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft)
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| 1842 |
Birth |
Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
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| 1842 |
Birth |
Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
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| 1844 |
Death |
Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
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| 1846 |
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Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
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| 1847 |
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1st US telegraph co established in Maryland
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| 1848 |
Birth |
[Fran‡ois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)
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| 1849 |
Birth |
Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)
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| 1849 |
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University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
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| 1854 |
Death |
Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66
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| 1854 |
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Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc
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| 1855 |
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Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
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| 1861 |
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Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy
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| 1864 |
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24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
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| 1864 |
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Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
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