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1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1828  Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam).   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1832  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro.   

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)   

1836  Jerome Hopkins, composer.   

1841  William Henry Harrison, is recorded as becoming 1st pres to die in office, at 68.   

1843  Hans Richter, composer.   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated.   

1853  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

1854  Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai.   

1858  Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence).   

1858  R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso.   

1859  The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France).   

1859  Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)   

1862  Battle of Yorktown begins.   

1862  US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond   

1862  Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45   

1864  Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas.   

1865  Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

1866  Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev   

1866  George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop).   

1870  Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800   

1870  Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800.   

1870  George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church.   

1872  Nikolai Amani, composer.   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer.   

1876  Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)   

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer.   

1881  Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls).   

1882  Mary Howe, composer   

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0186  Caracalla: Roman emperor   

1492  Ambrosius blarer: German reformer   

1527  Abraham ortelius: [ortels/hortels], south neth geographer   

1572  William strachey: English writer   

1593  Edward nicholas: English statesman   

1646  Antoine galland: French archaeologist   

1648  Grinling gibbons: Sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-nicolas delisle: French astronomer   

0397  Ambrosius: Gov of liguria/bishop of milan (374-97)/saint,   

0636  Saint isidore of seville: Church father and the proposed patron of internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus: Pope (891-96),   

1229  Hugo van pierrepont: Bishop of liege,   

1284  Death of Alfonso x: "el sabio" king of castile/leon (1252-84),   

1292  Nicholas iv: [girolamo masci], pope (1288-92),   

1305  Death of Jeanne of navarre: Wife of philip iv of france (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Death of Floris van wevelinkhoven: Bishop of utrecht,