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1856  Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens   

1859  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

1860  Edmund Schuecker, composer.   

1861  Vaclav Suk, composer   

1862  Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the "Terror").   

1863  Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities   

1864  General William T. Sherman and his Union army troops begin their March to the Sea during the American Civil War.   

1864  Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia   

1870  Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I.   

1870  Alfred Hill, composer.   

1874  Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August)/wife of Henri Dons   

1875  Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians.   

1880  Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]   

1882  British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger   

1883  Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli).   

1885  Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason.   

1885  Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41   

1887  Philip Frohman, US architect.   

1888  Burnet Corwin Tuthill, NYC, composer (Laurentia).   

1889  August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist.   

1890  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer.   

1890  Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71.   

1893  Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist   

1893  George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87   

1894  6000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan.   

1894  Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician.   

1895  Samuel F. Smith, composer of America, dies.   

1895  Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West)   

1896  Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50).   

1897  Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon Engld, actor (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)   

1899  Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC).   

1901  3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, quickest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds   

1902  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist   

1903  V Herbert and H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in NYC.   

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1436  Leonardo loredan: Doge of the republic of venice   

1569  Paul sartorius: Composer   

1587  Joost van den vondel: Cologne germany, dutch poet/dramatist (jephtha)   

1603  Augustyn kordecki: Polish prior   

1609  Henrietta maria: French-born, queen consort of england   

1615  Guillaume dumanoir: Composer   

1642  Cornelis evertsen the younger: Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of zeeland   

1643  Jean chardin: French explorer   

1271  Henry iii: King of england (1216-71, provisions of oxford),   

1328  Death of Prince hisaaki: Japanese shogun (b. 1276)   

1512  Gerbrand mockema: Fries rebel, beheaded   

1548  Caspar cruciger: German church reformer,   

1603  Death of Pierre charron: French philosopher/theologian,   

1613  Death of Trajano boccalini: Italian satirist (b. 1556)   

1628  Paolo quagliati: Italian composer   

1667  Nathaniel schnittelbach: Composer,