434 Historic Events for February 9
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| 1735 |
Birth |
Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
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| 1740 |
Death |
Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85
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| 1741 |
Birth |
Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer
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| 1742 |
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British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
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| 1744 |
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Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
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| 1744 |
Birth |
Amos Bull, composer
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| 1751 |
Death |
Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
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| 1756 |
Birth |
Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer
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| 1765 |
Death |
Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33
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| 1771 |
Birth |
Daniel Belknap, composer
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| 1772 |
Birth |
Frans Mikael Franz‚n, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
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| 1773 |
Birth |
William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
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| 1775 |
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English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
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| 1780 |
Birth |
Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
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| 1783 |
Birth |
Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]
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| 1788 |
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Austria declares war on Russia
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| 1799 |
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USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
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| 1801 |
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France and Austrian sign Peace of Lun‚ville
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| 1807 |
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French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
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| 1808 |
Birth |
Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer
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| 1811 |
Death |
Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
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| 1812 |
Death |
Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
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| 1817 |
Death |
Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
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