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February 1786 in History

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Feb 13 Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia

Appointment of Interest

Feb 24 Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India

Charles Cornwallis — General and Colonial Administrator Charles Cornwallis

Birthdays in History

Feb 2 Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856)
Feb 16 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)

Wilhelm Grimm

Feb 24 Wilhelm Grimm, German story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales), born in Hanau, Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1859)

Wilhelm Grimm — Author Wilhelm Grimm

Feb 24 Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)
Feb 28 François Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, born in Estagel, France (d. 1853)

Deaths in History

Feb 28 John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)

Historical Figures

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