Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician

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Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56

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1st US census authorized

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US Presidential Succession Act passed

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1st National Meeting in the Hague

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Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36

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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer

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Ohio becomes 17th state

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Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63

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Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed

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Fr‚d‚ric Chopin, Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) [NS]

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French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel

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Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500

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Robert Christie Buchanan, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1878

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Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law

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Luigi Gatti, composer, dies at 77

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Richard Redhead, composer

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George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896

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Albin Francisco Schoepf, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886

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Charles Champion Gilbert, Brig General (Union volunteers)

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John Thomas, composer

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J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59

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James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893

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Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright

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Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

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