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1 Events

2 New Books

• The Charterhouse of Parma - Stendhal
• Deerbrook - Harriet Martineau
• Diary in America - Frederick Marryat
• Jack Sheppard - William Harrison Ainsworth
• Marianna - Jules Sandeau
• Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens
• The Phantom Ship - Frederick Marryat
• The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin

3 Births

• February 22February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in leap years. Events 1290s BC The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple. 1281 Martin IV becomes Pop - Francis Pharcellus ChurchFrancis Pharcellus Church ( February 22, 1839 April 11, 1906) was an American publisher and editor. He was born in Rochester, New York. With his brother William Conant Church he established the "Army and Navy Journal" in 1863, and "Galaxy" magazine in 186, American editor and publisher (+ 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t)
• August 4August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa - Walter Horatio Pater, English writer (+ 1894Events January 8 A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago causes a good deal of damage. January 9 New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard ( Lexington, Massachusetts). February 15 04:51 GMT)
• April 18April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining. Events 1518 Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland and married to Sigismund I of Poland. 1775 Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Pre - Henry KendallHenry Kendall ( April 18, 1839 August 1, 1882) was an Australian poet. He is most remembered for his poetical works , Leaves from Australian Forests published in 1869. Kendall was interred at Waverley, in Sydney, overlooking the sea. Kendall, Henry Kendal, Australian poet (+ 1882)