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1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies.   

1881  The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London)   

1881  Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London.   

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1882  Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1883  John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher.   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer   

1891  Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia   

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter and the Wolf).   

1892  Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer.   

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo).   

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife).   

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies.   

1896  Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, NYC).   

1896  Vitascope system of movie projection inaugural demonstrated (NYC).   

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist   

1897  Harold French, director (Encore)/actor   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25.   

1898  Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)   

1899  Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer is born.   

1899  Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech and Honeydew)   

1900  1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal).   

1900  Ary Verhaar, composer.   

1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2.   

1903  Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)   

1904  American Academy of Arts and Letters forms   

1904  Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid).   

1905  Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage).   

1905  Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54.   

1906  The Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems   

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise).   

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1170  Isabelle of hainaut: Queen of france   

1185  King afonso ii of portugal: King afonso ii of portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  Johanna van valois: Queen of france   

1464  Robert fayrfax: Composer   

1484  Julius caesar scaliger: Italy, scholar (on the subtlety of things)   

1500  Alexander alesius: [aless/alane], system theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander ales: Scottish theologian   

1516  Georg fabricius: German poet, historian, and archaeologist   

0034  Christ: Crucified, according to isaac newton   

0303  Death of George: Knight/saint/patron of england, beheaded   

0725  Wihtred: King of kent   

0871  Death of Ethelred i: King of wessex/brother of alfred the great,   

0990  Ekkehart ii: [palatinus], monk to st-gallen/poet,   

0997  Death of Vojtech "adalbert" of prague: 2nd bishop of prague/apostle,   

1014  Death of Brian boru: King of ireland,   

1016  Death of Aethelbred ii "the unready": King of england (979-1016),