406 Historic Events for February 7
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| 1831 |
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Belgium adopts it's Constitution
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| 1833 |
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Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
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| 1834 |
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Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table)
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| 1836 |
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"Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
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| 1837 |
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James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
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| 1839 |
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Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
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| 1839 |
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Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
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| 1842 |
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Alexandre Ribit, premier (France)
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| 1847 |
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Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor
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| 1857 |
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F‚lix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65
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| 1862 |
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Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
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| 1862 |
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Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
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| 1862 |
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Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61
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| 1863 |
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Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer
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| 1864 |
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Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
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| 1864 |
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Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer
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| 1864 |
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Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet)
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| 1865 |
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John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64
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| 1866 |
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Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
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| 1867 |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
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| 1869 |
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Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
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| 1870 |
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Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
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| 1871 |
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Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer
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| 1872 |
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Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
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| 1872 |
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Alcorn A and M College opens
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