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1825  Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888.   

1826  M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet   

1827  inaugural US railroad chartered to carry passengers and freight, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, is incorporated.   

1827  The B and O Railroad is incorporated (and forever remembered on Monopoly game boards )   

1827  The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad became the inaugural railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight   

1827  1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (B and O) chartered.   

1828  Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna   

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal.   

1835  In this year, Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"   

1838  Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec).   

1844  US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.   

1844  12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes.   

1844  Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton.   

1847  US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento   

1849  The inaugural gold-seekers arrived in San Francisco, aboard the ship California.   

1849  1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast   

1850  The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist).   

1854  Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI.   

1854  Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party)   

1854  The Republican Party is formally organized   

1854  Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc.   

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer.   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer.   

1858  Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

1859  Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery.   

1861  The Colorado Territory is organized   

1861  Territories of Nevada and Colorado created.   

1862  The opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres (Paris)   

1862  Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris   

1863  Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA   

1863  Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia.   

1864  Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond.   

1864  Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford).   

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1155  Henry the young king: Son of henry ii of england   

1261  Margaret of scotland: Queen of norway   

1409  Elisabeth ii of bohemia: Elisabeth ii of bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de montaigne: France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  Jobst borgi: [justus byrgius], swiss/german mathematician   

1552  Joost bürgi: Swiss clockmaker   

1573  Elias hill: German architect/city builder (augsburg)   

1612  John pearson: English theologian   

0642  Death of Oswald: English missionary/saint,   

1261  Death of Hendrik: Duke of brabant (1248-61),   

1326  Duke leopold i of austria: Duke leopold i of austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Isabella: Duchess of lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Niclas: Graf von abensberg, german soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Juan de la cosa: Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Cuauhtémoc: Aztec ruler   

1572  Death of Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian (b. 1505)