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1758  Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French.   

1766  Pope Clement XIII warns On the dangers of anti-Christian writings   

1766  Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings.   

1770  Explorer Samuel Hearne returns to Prince of Wales fort on Hudson Bay after failing to reach the Coppermine River.   

1773  Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66.   

1783  Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in US   

1783  Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US   

1787  Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night)   

1792  Farmer's Almanac 1st published   

1805  The opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance.   

1805  Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance.   

1815  Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70.   

1817  1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC).   

1823  Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910.   

1825  Edward Augustus Wild, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891.   

1826  The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the inaugural flagship of the Hellenic Navy   

1828  Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician   

1830  Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56   

1834  Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents.   

1834  Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer   

1835  Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and philantropist is born   

1835  Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist   

1839  A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300000 deaths result from the disaster.   

1839  Stanislaw Duniecki, composer.   

1840  Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement).   

1841  35 Amistad survivors return to Africa   

1844  Karl Friedrich Benz, German engineer is born   

1844  Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor)   

1846  Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers and drinkers.   

1847  Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)   

1852  Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria.   

1854  John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60   

1856  Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia)   

1862  Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer.   

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1454  Catherine cornaro: Queen of cyprus   

1501  Yi hwang: Confucian scholar   

1507  Joost de damhoudere: Flemish lawyer (praxis rerum criminalium)   

1562  Lope felix de vega: Madrid spain, dramatist/poet (angelica, arcadia)   

1577  Piet hein: Dutch naval commander and folk hero   

1638  Catherine of braganza: Queen of charles ii of england   

1697  Gerhard tersteegen: German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)   

1703  Jean-françois séguier: French astronomer and botanist   

0311  Peter of alexandria: Christian martyr   

0992  Death of Mieszko i: Polish advisor to pope john xv,   

1034  Death of King malcolm ii of scotland: King malcolm ii of scotland (b. 980)   

1120  Death of Countess of perche: Bastard daughter of english king henry i, drowns   

1185  Death of Lucius iii: [ubaldo allucingoli], italian pope (1181-85),   

1326  Death of Prince koreyasu: Japanese shogun (b. 1264)   

1374  Philip ii of taranto: Titular emperor of costantinople (b. 1329)   

1456  Jacques coeur: French merchant/banker,