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After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day. 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. [9] 1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
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Events. 1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.; 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar 1792 - Birth of Karl Ernst von Baer , German biologist (d. 1876) 1874 - Death of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet , Belgian mathematician (b. 1796)
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An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7 days after apogee (on January 31, 2008, at 4:25 UTC) and 6.9 days before perigee (on February 14, 2008, at 1:00 UTC). [3]
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