Page 2: Historical Events In June - 09
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [OS=May 30]. 

1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies 

1716 Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed) 

1717 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69. 

1720 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm 

1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe. 

1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia. 

1752 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 

1772 inaugural Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion. 

1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion 

1781 George Stephenson, Newcastle England, inventor (RR locomotive) 

1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions 

1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I. 

1790 The inaugural book copyrighted under the constitution, Philadelphia Spelling Book. 

1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" 

1791 John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home) 

1792 Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary 

1802 US Academy at West Point founded. 

1810 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer 

1812 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens) 

1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set 

1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68. 

1822 Charles Graham receives a patent for false teeth. 

1822 Charles Graham patents false teeth. 

1825 M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44 

1828 Carlo Marsili, composer. 

1829 Gaetano Braga, composer 

1832 Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57. 

1833 John Rogers Cooke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 

1836 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh) 

1839 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89. 

1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905). 

1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies 

1849 Joseph Vezina, composer 

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