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1845  Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America   

1845  The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the inaugural time Congress had done so   

1845  The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.   

1846  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet   

1848  Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the inaugural Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government   

1850  Richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the inaugural Governor.   

1850  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school).   

1850  Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice.   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice   

1857  Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84.   

1860  Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)   

1861  In this year, Confederate convention in Montgomery, formally adopts constitution   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of.   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

1863  Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod).   

1864  Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee.   

1865  Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation   

1865  General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France.   

1867  Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris.   

1870  King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho.   

1872  Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain   

1872  Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63.   

1876  Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)   

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt   

1879  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

1882  Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

1884  Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)   

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1544  Torquato tasso: Italy, renaissance poet (aminta, apologia)   

1549  Hendrik l spieghel: Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  Henric spieghel: Dutch renaissance poet (hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac elsevier: Book publisher   

1654  Heinrich georg neuss: Composer   

1683  Giovanni veneziano: Composer   

1725  Henry benedict stuart: Pretender to the throne of great britain   

1731  Robert treat paine: Judge, signer (declaration of independence)   

0222  Varius a bassianus: Syrian emperor of rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  Sophronius of jerusalem: Saint/patriarch of jerusalem,   

0859  Death of Eulogius of cordoba: Spanish bishop and christian martyr   

1198  Death of Marie de champagne: Daughter of louis vii of france (b. 1145)   

1486  Albrecht iii achilles: Elector of brandenburg,   

1514  Death of Donato bramante: Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  Death of Matthias flacius: Croatian protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Emilio de' cavalieri: Italian composer