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1776  Hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ   

1776  Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ   

1781  Felice Blangini, composer.   

1786  Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor   

1787  1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston   

1787  Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist.   

1793  Louvre officially opens in Paris   

1796  Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1803  Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French.   

1803  Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet   

1804  Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape.   

1805  30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes.   

1808  Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer.   

1810  Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)   

1812  Jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904.   

1820  US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica.   

1820  Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer   

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66.   

1824  Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902   

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24.   

1833  Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven.   

1835  -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti   

1835  Americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904   

1836  William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert and Sullivan).   

1839  August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt).   

1841  Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77.   

1845  John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)   

1846  Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician   

1851  Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80.   

1852  State funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60.   

1860  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20).   

1863  Richard Dehmel, writer.   

1865  In this year, Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".   

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1522  Lamoral: Count of egmont, flemish general and statesman   

1527  Luca cambiaso: Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor gonzaga: Empress of the holy roman empire   

1680  Jean-baptiste loeillet: Composer   

1727  Philibert commerçon: French naturalist   

1736  Carl friedrich christian fasch: Composer   

1742  Felix maximo lopez: Composer   

1772  Louis ferdinand: Prince of prussia christian, composer   

0942  Death of Odo van cluny: 2nd abbott of cluny (924-42),   

1154  Death of Adélaide de maurienne: Wife of louis vi of france (b. 1092)   

1170  Death of Albrecht i "bear": 1st margrave of brandenburg (1150-70),   

1305  Death of John ii: Duke of brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert tunstall: English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  George talbot: 6th earl of shrewsbury, english statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of juliana,   

1630  Death of Esaias van der velde: Dutch painter, buried