Today in History for February 1839
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 7 of 7
7th - Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
12th - Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick
18th - Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)
20th - Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
24th - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia
25th - Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West
26th - Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 6 of 6
1st - James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
7th - Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
9th - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
11th - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
20th - Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)
22nd - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1st - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
7th - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)
15th - Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)
