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1778  Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge.   

1781  George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716).   

1787  Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)   

1792  Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners).   

1792  Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres   

1792  Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor.   

1792  Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1804  Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII   

1806  John Alcock, composer, dies at 90.   

1807  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61.   

1811  George Washington Hewitt, composer   

1813  inaugural US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA   

1813  1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass.   

1817  George Watts, London, painter   

1818  Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept   

1820  Cato Street conspiracy uncovered.   

1821  College of Apothecaries organized in Philadelphia; inaugural US pharmacy college.   

1821  College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college   

1821  John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome.   

1822  Boston is incorporated as a city   

1824  Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar).   

1831  Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag).   

1834  Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis   

1836  The siege at the Alamo, Texas, begins - only six people survived.   

1836  The siege of the Alamo began   

1836  Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed   

1838  Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1840  Carl Menger, Austrian economist   

1846  Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated   

1847  General Zachary Taylor leads US troops to defeat Mexican General Santa Anna and his army at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico   

1847  Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans.   

1848  John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US, dies of a stroke at age 80.   

1848  Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer   

1848  John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80   

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1417  Paul ii: [pietro barbo], italy, pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope paul ii: Pope paul ii (d. 1471)   

1583  Jean-baptiste morin: French scientist   

1614  Jacob colijn(s): Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  Cornelis galle ii: Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  Samuel pepys: London england, navy expert/composer (diary, memoirs)   

1646  Tokugawa tsunayoshi: Japanese shogun   

1648  Arabella churchill: English mistress of james ii of england   

0155  Death of Polycarp: Disciple of apostle john, arrested & burned at stake   

1011  Death of Willigis: Archbishop of mainz   

1100  Emperor zhezong of china: Emperor zhezong of china (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene iv: [gabriele condulmer], italian pope (1431-47),   

1464  Zhengtong: Emperor of china (b. 1427)   

1468  John gutenberg: German inventor (boekdrukkunst),   

1526  Death of Diego colón: Spanish viceroy of the in   

1554  Henry grey: Duke of suffolk, lady jane grey's father, executed