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1816 - American Bible Society organized (New York).

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1817 - Birth of George Washington Julian MC (Union), died in 1899.

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1818 - Birth of Karl Marx philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital).

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1819 - Birth of Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer.

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1821 - Death of Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor of France, 1799-1815) on Saint Helena island, at age 52, of stomach cancer or poisoning.

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1823 - Birth of James Allen Hardie Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1876.

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1826 - Birth of Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman; Empress of France, wife of Napoleon III.

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1827 - Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at age 76.

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1831 - Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at age 65.

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1832 - Birth of H H Bancroft historian, publisher (History of the Pacific States).

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