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Abolition of Slavery

Feb 4 French National Convention proclaims abolition of slavery

Politician and Revolutionary Georges Danton

Haydn's 99th Symphony in E

Feb 10 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E premieres, in London, England

Composer Joseph Haydn

Feb 11 1st session of US Senate open to the public
Feb 14 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia
Feb 26 Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down
Feb 28 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin

Famous Birthdays

Feb 12 Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player, writer (first great Russian chess master), born in Biserovo, Russia (d. 1867)
Feb 20 William Carleton, Irish writer and novelist (Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry), born in Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland (d. 1869)

Santa Anna (1794-1876)

Feb 21 President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, born in Xalapa, Veracruz

Santa Anna

Feb 25 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch politician (1st Dutch PM as Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1848), born in Amsterdam (d. 1863)

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