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Thursday, 12 February 2026
1760 Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59. 
1766 John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1783 Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader.
1785 Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles.
1785 British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
1785 James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms).
1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
1788 English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
1790 William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress.
1791 Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1793 Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
1796 August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia).
1799 Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
1801 Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver.
1805 Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45.
1810 Louis Gallait, historical painter
1814 Adolph von Henselt, composer.
1822 Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62.
1824 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer.
1833 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer.
1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius.
1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies
1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies.
1837 Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders).
1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1846 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer.
1850 Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73.
1855 Julius Rontgen, composer.
1860 James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
1862 Battle of Farmington MS
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