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02/06/1820
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US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
Type: Event
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02/06/1830
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Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1832
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1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland
Type: Event
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02/06/1832
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US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
Type: Event
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02/06/1832
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John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
Type: Birth
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02/06/1833
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James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1833
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Jos‚ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer (Sotileza)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1834
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William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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02/06/1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Type: Event
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02/06/1838
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Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1840
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Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of NZ
Type: Event
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02/06/1848
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Luigi Mancinelli, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1851
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Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf
Type: Event
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02/06/1854
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Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
Type: Event
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02/06/1859
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Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
Type: Death
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02/06/1860
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Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1861
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1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
Type: Event
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02/06/1861
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English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
Type: Event
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02/06/1862
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Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
Type: Event
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02/06/1862
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Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
Type: Event
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02/06/1862
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Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
Type: Event
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02/06/1864
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-7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
Type: Event
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02/06/1864
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John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1865
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2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
Type: Event
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02/06/1865
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Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
Type: Event
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02/06/1865
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John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
Type: Death
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02/06/1866
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Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1867
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Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
Type: Event
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02/06/1869
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Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
Type: Event
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02/06/1872
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Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
Type: Birth
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02/06/1874
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Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1876
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Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1878
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Waclaw Gieburowski, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1879
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Carl Ramsauer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1881
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Karl Weigl, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1881
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Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/06/1886
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Louis Pi‚rard, Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1888
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Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1889
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Karel Wellens, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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02/06/1889
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Siegfried Kracauer, writer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1890
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Anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1891
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1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
Type: Event
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02/06/1893
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Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1895
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George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1896
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Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
Type: Death
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02/06/1897
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Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1897
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Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies
Type: Death
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02/06/1899
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Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
Type: Event
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02/06/1899
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Ramon Novarro, [Jos‚ RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1899
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Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
Type: Death
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