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05/12/1811
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Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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05/12/1812
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Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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05/12/1812
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Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1813
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Johann Czerski, German chaplin
Type: Birth
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05/12/1814
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Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
Type: Death
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05/12/1820
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Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1825
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Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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05/12/1825
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Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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05/12/1828
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Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
Type: Birth
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05/12/1828
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D G Rossetti, writer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1829
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Paul Karrer, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1832
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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05/12/1835
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Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
Type: Event
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05/12/1842
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Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1843
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Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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05/12/1845
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Gabriel Urbain Faur‚, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1845
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August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
Type: Death
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05/12/1849
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Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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05/12/1852
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John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1861
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Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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05/12/1861
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Ivan Caryll, (US?) composer (Pink Lady)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1862
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Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
Type: Event
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05/12/1863
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Charles Bordes, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1863
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Battle of Raymond, Miss
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
Type: Death
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05/12/1864
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US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
Type: Event
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05/12/1864
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J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
Type: Death
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05/12/1865
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Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
Type: Event
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05/12/1867
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Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1868
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Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
Type: Birth
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05/12/1870
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Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
Type: Event
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05/12/1871
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John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1871
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Daniel-Fran‡ois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89
Type: Death
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05/12/1871
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Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
Type: Event
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05/12/1874
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US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
Type: Event
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05/12/1874
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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1875
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1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
Type: Event
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05/12/1876
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Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
Type: Birth
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05/12/1876
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Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
Type: Death
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05/12/1877
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Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
Type: Event
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05/12/1880
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Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
Type: Birth
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05/12/1880
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W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1881
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Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
Type: Event
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05/12/1881
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France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
Type: Event
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05/12/1884
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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
Type: Death
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05/12/1885
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Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
Type: Event
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