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1834  In England, six English agricultural laborers are sentenced to seven years of banishment to Australia’s New South Wales penal colony for their trade union activities   

1834  1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long).   

1835  Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass.   

1837  Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)   

1838  Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter.   

1839  Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906.   

1843  Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899).   

1844  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer is born.   

1844  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade).   

1845  John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana.   

1847  inaugural Dutch public telegram   

1847  1st Dutch public telegram.   

1848  Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer   

1850  American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York   

1850  Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo.   

1858  Dutch Van der Brugghen government steps down   

1858  Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine is born   

1858  Dutch Van der Brugghen govt steps down.   

1858  Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)   

1859  Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform   

1864  Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240   

1864  Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten).   

1865  Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL   

1865  Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time   

1866  Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer.   

1867  Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam).   

1869  Neville Chamberlain, Former British prime minister is born.   

1869  [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)   

1870  1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif).   

1870  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48.   

1871  Communards revolt in Paris France   

1871  Communards revolt in Paris   

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer.   

1874  Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights   

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1380  Liduina van schiedam: Dutch "christ's bride"/saint   

1395  John holland: 2nd duke of exeter, english military leader   

1496  Mary tudor: Daughter of henry vii of england and queen consort of louis xii of france   

1548  Cornelis ketel: Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-hercule de valois: French duke of anjou/brabant   

1578  Adam elsheimer: German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  Manuel de faria e sousa: Portuguese historian and poet   

1602  Jacques de billy: French mathematician   

0235  Death of Marcus aurelius alexander: Syrian emperor of rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  Death of Edward: The martyr, king of anglo-saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Death of Honorius iii: [cencio savelli], pope (1216-27),   

1314  Jacques de molay: The last grand master of order of knights,   

1493  John of lannoy: Flemish governor/viceroy of neth/zealand,   

1582  Death of Jean jaurequi: Basque murderer of willem of orange, lynched   

1583  King magnus of livonia: King magnus of livonia (b. 1540)   

1584  Death of Ivan iv: The terrible, russian tsar (1547-84),