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Feb 21 1417

Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)

Feb 21 1484

Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg Constitution)

Feb 21 1675

Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl Bavarian politician (d. 1750)

Feb 21 1684

Justus van Effen writerfounder (Holland Spectator)

Feb 21 1705

Edward Hawke 1st Baron Hawke British naval officer (d. 1781)

Feb 21 1710

Willem van Haren Frisian noblemanpoet (Human Life)

Feb 21 1723

Louis-Pierre Anquetil French historian (d. 1808)

Feb 21 1728

Peter III Kiel Germany Russian Tsar (1762) and husband of Catherine the Great

Feb 21 1744

Eise J Eisinga Frisia built planetarium Franeker

Feb 21 1783

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy Russian painter (VP Imperial Academy of Arts 1828-68) born in St. Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1873)

Feb 21 1783

Princess Catharina of Wrttemberg Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)

Feb 21 1785

Karl A Varnhagen von Ense German officerauthor (Die Sterner)

Feb 21 1800

John Henry Winder Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1865)

Feb 21 1801

John Henry Newman England cardinalauthor (Dream of Gerontius)

Feb 21 1802

George Douglas Ramsay Brevet Major general (Union Army) born in Dumfries Virginia (d. 1882)

Feb 21 1817

Jose Zorrilla y Moral Vallodolid Spain poetdramatist (El rey Loco)

Feb 21 1821

Charles Scribner American music publisher (Scribner Catalog)

Feb 21 1829

Johnson Hagood Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)

Feb 21 1836

Clement Lo Delibes French romantic composer (Copplia Sylvia Le roi la dit Lakm) born in Saint-Germain-du-Val France (d. 1891)

Feb 21 1844

Charles-Marie Widor French organist composer and professor (Paris Conservatory) born in Lyon France (d. 1937)

Feb 21 1852

[James] Burner Matthews US playwrightcritic (NY Times)

Feb 21 1856

Hendrik P Berlage architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)

Feb 21 1857

Jules de Trooz baronpremier of Belgium (1907)

Feb 21 1860

Karel Matj apek-Chod Czech journalist (d. 1927)

Feb 21 1861

Pierre de Brville French composer author and professor (Une histoire du thtre lyrique en France) born in Bar-le-Duc Meuse (d. 1949)

Feb 21 1865

John Haden Badley English school founder (d. 1967)

Feb 21 1867

Otto Hermann Kahn Banker organized Metropolitan Opera Co

Feb 21 1875

Jeanne Louise Calment French worlds oldest woman (d. 1997 at 122)

Feb 21 1877

Jacob D du Toit [Totius] South African poettheologist

Feb 21 1878

Mirra Richard [The Mother] French-born Indian spiritual leader (Sri Aurobindo) born in Paris France (d. 1973)

Feb 21 1880

Frank Orth American actor (Boston Blackie Brothers) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1962)

Feb 21 1881

Savilly Tartakower AustrianPolishFrench chess player

Feb 21 1883

Mick Commaille South African cricketer and soccer rep born in Cape Town South Africa (d. 1956)

Feb 21 1245 Thomas the first known Bishop of Finland is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery

Feb 21 1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders

Feb 21 1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar

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