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1862  Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)   

1862  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49.   

1863  Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar   

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50   

1864  Battle of Ft McAllister, GA.   

1865  Gustav Luders, composer.   

1871  Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian.   

1872  Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut.   

1874  Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst).   

1877  Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer.   

1879  inaugural federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington Delaware).   

1879  1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware).   

1881  August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43.   

1886  Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)   

1889  Belgium rules on women/child labor law   

1889  Clarence Loomis, composer   

1890  Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)   

1892  Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon).   

1893  Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day).   

1894  Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68   

1895  1st complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony   

1897  Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)   

1898  inaugural passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.   

1898  Daniel Lazarus, composer   

1898  George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72.   

1899  Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild).   

1900  Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten   

1900  Jonel Perlea, composer.   

1901  Test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings.   

1901  Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS].   

1902  Paul Kurzbach, composer   

1903  Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (NJ)   

1903  Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ)   

1903  Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)   

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1521  Sixtus v: [felice peretti/"montalto"], bishop of fermo/pope (1585-90)   

1533  Erik xiv wasa: King of sweden (1560-69)   

1553  Henry iv: 1st bourbon-king of navarre/france (1572/89-1610)   

1585  William drummond of hawthornden: Scottish poet   

1640  Robert plot: English naturalist   

1662  Francesco bianchini: Italian philosopher and scientist   

1678  Yongzheng emperor of china: Yongzheng emperor of china (d. 1735)   

1720  Carlo gozzi: Italian dramatist   

0838  Death of Pippijn i: King of aquitania,   

1048  Al-biruni: Arabic royal astrologer,   

1124  Callistus ii: [guido di borgogna], italian pope (1119-24),   

1126  Death of Hendrik ix: The black, duke of bayern (1120-26),   

1204  Death of Maimonides: Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar,   

1250  Frederick ii: German emperor (1212-1250),   

1404  Death of Albrecht: Duke of bavaria,   

1466  Donatello: Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)