437 Historic Events for February 5
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| 1736 |
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Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
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| 1738 |
Death |
Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61
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| 1744 |
Birth |
John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist
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| 1745 |
Death |
Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49
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| 1748 |
Birth |
Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven
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| 1753 |
Birth |
Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot
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| 1754 |
Death |
Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
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| 1758 |
Death |
Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
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| 1770 |
Birth |
Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)
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| 1777 |
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Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture
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| 1778 |
Birth |
Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories)
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| 1778 |
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Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina
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| 1779 |
Birth |
Frans van Campenhout, Belgian vocalist/composer (Braban‡onne)
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| 1782 |
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Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English
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| 1783 |
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Sweden recognizes US independence
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| 1783 |
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Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000
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| 1788 |
Birth |
Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies)
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| 1788 |
Birth |
Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
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| 1795 |
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Zealand Neth surrenders to French general Michaud
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| 1799 |
Birth |
John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
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| 1804 |
Birth |
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet
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| 1807 |
Death |
Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
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| 1810 |
Birth |
Ole Bull, composer
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| 1812 |
Death |
Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
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