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Friday, 13 February 2026
1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million). 
1803 US doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million).
1804 Hague's Theater opens.
1805 William Kerley Strong, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1808 The inaugural practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri.
1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
1812 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
1823 George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC.
1830 Davis Tillson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895.
1837 Alfred Gaul, composer
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
1846 Rosalie Amstein, writer
1847 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
1852 Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
1853 Alfred v Berger, writer.
1855 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68.
1857 San Jose State University forms.
1858 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1893).
1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is inaugural published in literary periodical All the Year Round, continues in weekly installments until Nov 26.
1859 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67.
1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby).
1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
1862 Swift Run Gap, WV skirmishes.
1863 Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W.R. Scurry is killed
1864 New York is recorded as becoming inaugural state to charge a hunting license fee
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
1864 Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
1865 -5/1] Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia.
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