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1812  Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia.   

1813  Elias Canneman (Lib) is recorded as becoming minister of Finance   

1813  Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73   

1815  Augusta Ada Byron, later the Countess of Lovelace, was born on this day in. Lovelace, a mathematical prodigy and daughter of the poet Lord Byron, was an important influence on Charles Babbage, who developed one of the inaugural mechanical computers.   

1815  Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882.   

1816  Carl Binder, composer.   

1818  George Brown, Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858).   

1825  inaugural Italian opera, Barber of Seville, produced in US (NYC).   

1825  1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC).   

1830  November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.   

1832  Louisa M.Alcott, American author is born.   

1832  Louisa May Alcott, Germantown Pa, author (Little Women)   

1833  Louis Douglass Watkins, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868   

1834  Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1838  Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies   

1839  Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)   

1843  Marco Santucci, composer, dies at 81   

1845  The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour   

1847  Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla   

1847  Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore.   

1849  Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode).   

1850  The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.   

1852  Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer   

1856  Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia.   

1860  Hans Haym, composer   

1862  Friedrich Klose, composer.   

1863  Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities   

1863  Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer.   

1864  1200 American troops attack a camp of Cheyenne and Arapho indians who had surrended.   

1864  At dawn in Colorado territory, a militia under Major John Chivington attacks a winter encampment of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek, massacring over four hundred Indians, the majority of whom are women, children, or old men.   

1864  Colorado militia results in the deaths of 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians.   

1864  4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia.   

1864  One-Eye, Cheyenne-chief, dies   

1865  Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69   

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1229  Louis ii: The stern, ruler (upper baveria)   

1338  Lionel of antwerp: 1st duke of clarence, son of edward iii of england   

1427  Zhengtong: Emperor of china   

1484  Joachim vadian: Swiss humanist   

1627  John ray: English naturalist   

1690  Christian augustus of anhalt-zerbst: Father of catherine ii of russia   

1752  Jemima wilkinson: American preacher   

1761  Fridolin weber: Composer   

0561  Death of Chlotarius i: King of the france (558-61),   

0917  Death of Radboud: Bishop of utrecht/deventer (900-17)/saint,   

1253  Death of Otto ii wittelsbach: Duke of bavaria (b. 1206)   

1268  Clement iv: [guido fulcodi], pope (1265-68),   

1314  Death of Philippe iv: The handsome, king of france (1285-1314),   

1330  Roger de mortimer: 1st earl of march, de facto ruler of england (b. 1287)   

1342  Michael of cesena: Italian franciscan leader (b. 1270)   

1378  Death of Charles iv: Roman-german king/german emperor (univ of prague),