February 11 - Otto Ludwig , German novelist/playwright (+ 18651865 is a common year starting on Sunday. Events January 31 American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February 17 American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forc)
Harriet Ann JacobsHarriet Ann Jacobs ( 1813- 1897) was an American abolitionist and novelist. Jacobs was born a slave in Edenton, North Carolina. She escaped from Edenton by boat in 1842, and moved to New York. Abolitionist Nathaniel Parker Willis gave Jacobs a job as a nu, American writer (+ 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest)
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November 12November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. Events 764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. 1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe marri - Jean de Crevecoeur, French/American writer
unknown date - Henry James PyeHenry James Pye ( February 20, 1745- August 11, 1813) was a British poet. Pye was Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death. Pye was born in London and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. His father, a Berkshire landowner, died in 1766, leaving him a lega, Poet Laureate of Britain
