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1831  Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia   

1832  James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882.   

1836  Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin   

1841  Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published.   

1842  Sven August Korling, composer.   

1843  Gustave Leon Huberti, composer.   

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42.   

1847  Persia and Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

1849  Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.   

1852  Henrique Oswald, composer   

1853  Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape.   

1857  Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

1860  Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo.   

1860  1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo.   

1861  Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter   

1862  Battle of Ft Pillow TN   

1862  Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)   

1863  William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press   

1865  John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?".   

1865  John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

1865  Mobile, Alabama is captured.   

1865  Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth   

1866  Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller.   

1868  South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70758 to 27228.   

1868  SC voters approved constitution, 70758 to 27228.   

1870  Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)   

1871  Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, and mills   

1872  Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act   

1873  Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer.   

1874  Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)   

1874  Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86.   

1876  Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910).   

1877  Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar   

1879  James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads).   

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1572  Adam tanner: Austrian mathematician   

1578  Philip iii: King of spain & portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  Abraham elsevier: Book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian huygens: Holland, astronomer (discovered saturn's rings)   

1668  Magnus julius de la gardie: Swedish general   

1676  Ernst chreistian hesse: Composer   

1710  Marie a c de camargo: Spanish/italian/belgian dancer   

1714  Adam gib: Scottish religious leader   

0711  Death of Childebert iii: King of french,   

0911  Death of Sergius iii: Italian pope (904-11),   

1099  Conrad: Bishop of utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  Death of Mstislav of kiev: Mstislav of kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  Death of Llywelyn ap iorwerth: Prince of wales,   

1279  Death of Boleslaus of greater poland: Boleslaus of greater poland   

1322  Death of Bartholomew de badlesmere: 1st lord badlesmere, english soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Richard aungerville: English bishop and writer (b. 1287)