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Feb 10 1524

Albrecht Giese German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)

Feb 10 1606

Christine Marie of France regent of Savoy (d. 1663)

Feb 10 1609

John Suckling English Cavalier poetdramatistcourtier

Feb 10 1637

Henriette Catharina van Nassau Dutch daughter of Frederick Henry

Feb 10 1670

Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus] Flemish painter

Feb 10 1670

William Congreve England writer (Old Bachelor Way of the World)

Feb 10 1685

Aaron Hill English playwrightpoet (Tragedy of Zara)

Feb 10 1775

Charles Lamb British criticpoetessayist (Essays of Elia) born in London England (d. 1834)

Feb 10 1807

Abner Clark Harding American politician and Civil War Brigadier General (Union Army) born in East Hampton Connecticut (d. 1874)

Feb 10 1818

Isham Green Harris Gov (Confederacy) (d. 1897)

Feb 10 1821

William Read Scurry (Confederate Army Brigadier General (d. 1864))

Feb 10 1824

Samuel Plimsoll inventor (Plimsoll line for ships) born in Bristol England

Feb 10 1827

Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limburgs monastery founder

Feb 10 1846

Mildred Childe Lee daughter of confederate General Robert E. Lee

Feb 10 1846

Charles Beresford British admiral and politician (d. 1919)

Feb 10 1847

A N Hornby cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)

Feb 10 1859

Alexandre Millerand French President (d. 1943)

Feb 10 1862

W H Gobo Ashley cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889)

Feb 10 1866

Rafael Altamira Crevea Spanish lawyerhistorian

Feb 10 1868

William Allen White Emporia KS editor (Pulitzer 1942)

Feb 10 1872

Anne Anema Dutch lawyerjournalistpolitician (ARP)

Feb 10 1880

Jesse G Vincent Arkansas engineer designed 1st V-12 engine

Feb 10 1884

Herbert Hordern cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Philadelphia)

Feb 10 1884

Frederick Hawksworth GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1976)

Feb 10 1887

[Fran J] Vital Celen Flemish literaryauthor [or Feb 9]

Feb 10 1888

Giuseppe Ungaretti Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist born in Alexandria (d. 1970)

Feb 10 1889

Howard Spring British authornovelistwritercritic (O Absalom)

Feb 10 1890

Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage The Cross-Patch) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1952)

Feb 10 1890

Fanny Kaplan failed assassin of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1918)

Feb 10 1891

Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)

Feb 10 1892

Alan Hale Sr. American actor (Little John-The Adventures of Robin Hood) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1950)

Feb 10 1893

Jimmy Durante American long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash) born in NYC New York

Feb 10 1893

Bill Tilden American tennis player (US Open 1920-25 29) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1953)

Feb 10 1098 Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch

Feb 10 1355 The St. Scholasticas Day riot breaks out in Oxford England leaving 62 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

Feb 10 1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets

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