368 Historic Events for July 21
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| 1748 |
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Louis-Henry Paisible, composer
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| 1749 |
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Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
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| 1758 |
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Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration)
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| 1762 |
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Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist
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| 1773 |
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Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
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| 1774 |
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Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)
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| 1779 |
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Gottlob Wiedebein, composer
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| 1782 |
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Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
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| 1796 |
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Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37
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| 1797 |
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Franz Schoberlechner, composer
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| 1798 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
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| 1802 |
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David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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| 1804 |
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Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
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| 1810 |
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Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist
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| 1815 |
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Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
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| 1816 |
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Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service
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| 1817 |
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Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883
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| 1817 |
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John Gilbert, painter/illustrator
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| 1821 |
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Vasile Alecsandri, Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat
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| 1821 |
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Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
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| 1822 |
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Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer
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| 1825 |
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Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
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| 1826 |
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James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers)
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| 1828 |
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John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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| 1831 |
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Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
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