407 Historic Events for February 6
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| 1724 |
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Paul-Louis Cyffl‚, Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine)
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| 1725 |
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Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
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| 1753 |
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Evariste D‚sir‚ Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
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| 1756 |
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Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
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| 1778 |
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England declares war on France
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| 1778 |
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France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
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| 1778 |
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Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
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| 1783 |
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Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
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| 1785 |
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Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
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| 1788 |
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Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
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| 1793 |
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Pietro Rovelli, composer
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| 1793 |
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Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
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| 1797 |
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Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
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| 1798 |
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Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
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| 1798 |
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Th‚odore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher
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| 1802 |
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Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
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| 1804 |
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Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
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| 1804 |
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Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
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| 1807 |
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John Reid, composer, dies at 85
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| 1807 |
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Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer
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| 1812 |
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Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
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| 1815 |
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NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
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| 1818 |
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William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
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| 1819 |
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Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
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| 1820 |
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1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
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