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1856  Doctor William Palmer are discovered guilty of poisoning.   

1861  Victoria E Matthews, educator.   

1862  Battle of Hanover Court House VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station).   

1862  Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station).   

1863  CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die.   

1863  Siege of Port Hudson LA.   

1863  Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31.   

1864  Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop) VA.   

1864  Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia   

1867  Arnold Bennett, English novelist is born   

1867  Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)   

1870  Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)   

1871  Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)   

1874  Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870].   

1876  Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies.   

1878  Australia Cricket 41 and 12-1 defeat MCC 33 and 19.   

1878  In this year, 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta claims in 2:41.75   

1878  Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49   

1879  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance).   

1881  In this year, 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer claims in 2:40.5.   

1881  Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer   

1882  In this year, 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard claims in 2:44.5   

1883  Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow   

1884  Bax Brod, composer.   

1887  Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)   

1887  Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86.   

1888  Louis Durey, composer   

1891  Claude Adonai Champagne, composer.   

1892  Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan).   

1893  Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland.   

1894  Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)   

1895  British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector.   

1895  Marij Kogoj, composer   

1896  255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois   

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1332  Ibn khaldun: Tunis, arab historian/sociologist (muqaddimah)   

1519  Girolamo mei: Italian historian   

1576  Caspar schoppe: German scholar   

1595  Benedictus carpzovius: [benedikt carpzov], german lawyer   

1601  Antoine daniel: Jesuit missionary and martyr   

1623  William petty: English scientist and philosopher   

1626  William ii: Prince of orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-antoine: Cardinal de noailles, french cardinal   

0366  Death of Procopius: Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede: English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  Ordono i: King of asturia (850-66),   

0927  Death of Symeon: Czar of bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  Dirk iii hierosolymita: Count of holland,   

1178  Death of Godfried van rhenen: Bishop of utrecht,   

1444  Death of John beaufort: 1st duke of somerset, english military leader (b. 1404)   

1508  Death of Ludovico sforza [il moro]: Italian duke of milan,