Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion

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1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass

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Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden

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Francesco Araja, composer

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Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74

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Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands

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Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer

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General fast because of drought in MA

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Georg Philipp Telemann, German late-barok composer, dies at 86

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Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63

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Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53

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Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution

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French troops occupy Charleroi

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Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer

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US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens

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William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862

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Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46

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James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901

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Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published

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1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)

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Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82

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Antonio Gaud¡, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona)

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Georges Courteline, [Moineaux], French playwright

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Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)

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Western Virginia campaign

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