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1794  Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army.   

1797  Charles Newbold patents inaugural cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil   

1797  Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!   

1798  Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56   

1807  Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Publisher is born   

1819  Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26]   

1819  Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71.   

1821  Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general   

1823  Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer   

1824  Lord Kelvin, British Physicist is born   

1824  Kelvin, [William Thomson], British physicist (Kelvin Scale).   

1827  Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies.   

1831  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace)   

1836  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies   

1837  Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923.   

1843  Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony.   

1844  US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC   

1846  In London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects   

1848  1st pure food law enacted in US   

1854  Robert Laird Borden, (C), 8th Canadian PM (1911-20).   

1857  Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west   

1857  62 receive Victoria Cross.   

1862  Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia.   

1862  Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville.   

1862  Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia.   

1863  Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies.   

1865  Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance).   

1866  Josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities).   

1870  inaugural section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens.   

1870  1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens.   

1874  Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14).   

1875  Camille Zeckwer, composer   

1876  Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter and Tears).   

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1575  Anne catherine of brandenburg: Queen of denmark and norway   

1582  Johannes schultz: Composer   

1655  Jean deutz: Merchant/amsterdam regent   

1681  Hedwig sophia: Duchess of holstein-gottorp, swedish writer   

1689  Edward holyoke: American academic   

1694  Georg brandt: Swedish chemist and mineralogist   

1702  Philip doddridge: England, dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas clap: American academic   

0363  Flavius c julianus: [apostata], emperor of rome (361-63),   

1291  Eleanor of provence: Wife of henry iii of england   

1541  Francisco pizarro: Spanish conqueror of peru, assassinated in lima   

1631  Justinus van nassau: Ltalian admiral (armada),   

1657  Death of Tobias michael: Composer,   

1661  Death of Lazaro valvasensi: Composer,   

1666  Death of Richard fanshawe: Diplomat/translator/poet,   

1688  Ralph cudworth: Philospher/cleric,