549 Historic Events for July 1
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| 1784 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 74
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| 1784 |
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Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
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| 1788 |
Birth |
Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry
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| 1795 |
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John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
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| 1798 |
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Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
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| 1802 |
Birth |
Gideon Welles, Secy Navy (Union), died in 1878
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| 1804 |
Birth |
George Sand, France, (female) novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro)
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| 1805 |
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Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
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| 1807 |
Birth |
Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University
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| 1810 |
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Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands
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| 1810 |
Birth |
Walter White, secretary (NAACP)
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch genealogist/heraldicus
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Pavel Annenkov, Russian lit historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti‰)
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| 1816 |
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Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of G‚ricault's "Raft of the Medusa"
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| 1818 |
Birth |
Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist
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| 1820 |
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1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"
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| 1823 |
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United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
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| 1823 |
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9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office
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| 1831 |
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Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Bvt Major General (Union Army)
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| 1839 |
Death |
Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
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| 1839 |
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Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)
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| 1847 |
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1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5› Franklin and 10› Washington, NYC
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