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1775  The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.   

1775  Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer   

1779  Louise Reichardt, composer   

1783  Congress declares end of war with Great Britain   

1783  Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64.   

1793  Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist   

1794  Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator   

1801  Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig   

1801  Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)   

1810  Jakob Zupan, composer, dies at 75   

1812  Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35   

1814  Former French leader Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to the island of Elba.   

1814  The inaugural abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba   

1814  1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba   

1815  Klara Fey, German orch leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)   

1825  Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder (Allgemeiner).   

1828  Foundation of Bahia Blanca   

1830  Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini.   

1837  Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861   

1838  Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer   

1838  Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40.   

1839  John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59.   

1840  John Conrad Nordqvist, composer   

1842  John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies.   

1848  Hungary is recorded as becoming constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust.   

1853  Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer, dies   

1854  Hugh Massie, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)   

1854  Karl Adolph von Basedow, German DR (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55   

1856  Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans   

1856  Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)   

1859  Basil Harwood, composer.   

1862  Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia.   

1862  Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender   

1862  Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41).   

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0146  Septimius severus: Septimius severus (d. 211)   

1370  Frederick i the warlike: Elector of saxony   

1374  Roger mortimer: 4th earl of march   

1492  Marguerite of navarre: Wife of henry ii of navarre   

1586  Pietro della valle: Composer   

1602  Johann neukrantz: Composer   

1638  Diogo diaz melgaz: Composer   

1661  Antoine coypel: French painter/poet   

0678  Donus: Italian pope (676-78),   

1034  Death of Romanus iii argyrus: Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife   

1240  Llywelyn ab iorwerth the great: Monarch of wales (1194-1240),   

1500  Death of Michael t marullus: Greeks poet, drowns   

1512  Death of Gaston de foix: French pretender to navarra throne,   

1554  Thomas wyatt the younger: English rebel (b. 1521)   

1612  Edward wightman: English baptist preacher (b. 1566)   

1626  Marin getaldić: Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)