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1855  Fritz Steinbach, composer   

1856  Republican Party opens its inaugural national convention in Philadelphia.   

1856  Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia.   

1858  Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA)   

1861  Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces.   

1861  Sidney James Jones, composer.   

1862  Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49.   

1863  Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back the Union in Virginia.   

1863  Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer).   

1863  Battle at Middleburg Virginia   

1863  Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

1864  -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia   

1867  John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)   

1870  USS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward   

1870  George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)   

1871  James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)   

1874  Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)   

1875  Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch and World).   

1876  1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's).   

1877  Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon   

1880  John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo   

1880  Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven).   

1882  Tornado results in the deaths of 130 in Iowa   

1882  Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]   

1883  Alexandre Cellier, composer   

1884  Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist.   

1885  Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'   

1885  Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies   

1888  Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer.   

1894  1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont   

1895  US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan.   

1895  Slavko Osterc, composer   

1897  William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti.   

1898  Navy Hospital Corps established.   

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1239  Edward i: King of england (1272-1307)/chased jews out of england   

1603  Joseph of cupertino: Italian saint   

1604  Johan maurits: Count of nassau-siegen (maurits house)   

1682  Charles xii: King of sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni paolo pannini: Italian painter and architect   

1693  Johann georg walch: German theologian   

1703  John b wesley: England, religion co-founder (methodists)   

1704  John kay: English inventor   

0656  Death of Osman ibn affan: 3rd kalief of islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Death of Adeodatus ii: Italian pope (672-76),   

0855  Leo iv: Italian pope (847-55),   

1091  Dirk v: Count of holland (1061-91),   

1119  Boudouin vii with the axe: Earl of flanders (1111-19),   

1463  Princess catherine of portugal: Writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Jan i olbracht: King of poland,   

1565  Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun (b. 1536)