407 Historic Events for February 6
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| 1820 |
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US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
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| 1830 |
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Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
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| 1832 |
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John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
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| 1832 |
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US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
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| 1832 |
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1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland
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| 1833 |
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James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)
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| 1833 |
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Jos‚ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer (Sotileza)
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| 1834 |
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William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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| 1836 |
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
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| 1838 |
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Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
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| 1840 |
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Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of NZ
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| 1848 |
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Luigi Mancinelli, composer
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| 1851 |
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Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf
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| 1854 |
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Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
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| 1859 |
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Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
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| 1860 |
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Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
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| 1861 |
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1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
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| 1861 |
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English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
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| 1862 |
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Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
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| 1862 |
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Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
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| 1862 |
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Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
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| 1864 |
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John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
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| 1864 |
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-7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
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| 1865 |
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2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
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| 1865 |
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John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
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