434 Historic Events for September 16
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| 1837 |
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Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies
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| 1837 |
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Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)
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| 1838 |
Birth |
James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)
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| 1845 |
Death |
John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81
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| 1847 |
Birth |
Albert Ross Parsons, composer
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| 1847 |
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United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
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| 1848 |
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Slavery abolished in all French territories
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| 1857 |
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Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
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| 1857 |
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Typesetting machine patent
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Andrew Bonar Law, British PM (C, 1922-23)
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| 1858 |
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1st overland mail for California
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| 1859 |
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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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| 1861 |
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Battle of Princeton WV
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| 1861 |
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British Post Office Savings Banks opens
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)
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| 1862 |
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Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
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| 1862 |
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Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
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| 1867 |
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Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)
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| 1873 |
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German troops leave France
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| 1875 |
Birth |
James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Willem H Rassers, Dutch cultural anthropologist (Panji)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)
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