Page 2: Historical Events In February - 05

1754  On February - 05 nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75   

1758  Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 on February - 05.   

1770  On this day in history alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)   

1775  On February - 05 margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)   

1777  Georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail &primogeniture on February - 05.   

1777  On this day in history georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture   

1778  On this day in history articles of Confederation ratified by first state, South Carolina   

1778  Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina on this day in history.   

1778  Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories) on this day in history.   

1782  On February - 05 spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from the English   

1782  Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English on this day in history.   

1783  Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000 on February - 05.   

1783  On this day in history sweden recognizes the United States as an independent country.   

1788  On February - 05 karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)   

1795  Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French General Michaud on February - 05.   

1795  Zealand Neth surrenders to French general Michaud on this day in history.   

1799  John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany) on February - 05.   

1804  Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet on February - 05.   

1807  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1810  On February - 05 ole Bull, composer   

1812  Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on February - 05.   

1817  On February - 05 the first US gas company incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)   

1817  1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.   

1822  Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 on February - 05.   

1825  Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates first detachable shirt collar on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history hannah Lord Montague of NY creates 1st detachable shirt collar   

1825  On this day in history pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64   

1831  Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 on February - 05.   

1831  On February - 05 john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29   

1833  On February - 05 john Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag)   

1837  Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) on this day in history.   

1838  On February - 05 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62   

1840  On this day in history the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

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0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  On February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)   

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1578  On February - 05 giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on February - 05.   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.