Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies

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Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)

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James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)

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John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81

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Albert Ross Parsons, composer

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United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Slavery abolished in all French territories

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Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)

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Typesetting machine patent

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Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23)

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1st overland mail for California

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Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone

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Battle of Princeton WV

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British Post Office Savings Banks opens

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Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)

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Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis

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Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY

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Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)

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Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game

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Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)

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German troops leave France

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James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)

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James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)

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Willem H Rassers, Dutch cultural anthropologist (Panji)

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Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)

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