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1775  inaugural regatta held on Thames, England.   

1775  1st regatta held on Thames, England.   

1776  Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress.   

1780  American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township.   

1784  inaugural US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren).   

1784  1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)   

1794  Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev   

1801  Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863.   

1801  Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58.   

1810  John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon).   

1810  Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina   

1817  Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63   

1818  Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81).   

1821  Dutch troops conquer Palembang   

1822  Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866.   

1824  Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer   

1833  Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73   

1837  Ernest Guiraud, composer.   

1838  Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868   

1846  George Sax, inventor (saxophone)   

1848  Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone   

1848  Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone).   

1852  Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer.   

1854  Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use   

1855  Maude Valerie White, composer.   

1858  William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician   

1859  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses).   

1860  Congress establishes the Government Printing Office   

1860  US Secret Service created   

1860  Congress establishes Government Printing Office   

1863  Tullahoma campaign, TN   

1865  At Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army.   

1865  At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army   

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1160  Johannes de matha: French saint/founder (trinitarians)   

1433  Francis ii: Duke of brittany   

1456  Margaret of denmark: Wife of james iii of scotland   

1534  Oda nobunaga: Japanese warlord   

1540  Johann baptista serranus: Composer   

1596  Johan banér: Swedish soldier   

1612  Justus g schottel: [schottelius], german poet   

1612  André tacquet: Belgian mathematician   

0079  Death of Vespasian: Roman emperor (b. 9)   

0758  Death of Ho-tse shen-hui: Zen teacher/disciple of hui-neng,   

1018  Death of Henry i of austria: Henry i of austria   

1075  Death of Theoduinus: Beiers prince-bishop of liege,   

1137  Adalbert i: Archbishop of mainz (1111-1137),   

1139  Death of Andries van kuik: Bishop of utrecht,   

1444  Death of Marcus: [manuel] eugenicus, byzantine bishop of efeze/theologist,   

1555  Pedro mascarenhas: Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)