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Article: Anniversaries
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 26, 1994
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Births: Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury,
philosopher and writer, 1671; Eaton Hodgkinson, engineer and
writer, 1789; Victor-Marie Hugo, author, 1802; Alexis Hollander,
pianist and conductor, 1840; Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer,
statesman and diplomat, 1841; William Frederick Cody ("Buffalo
Bill"), showman, 1846; Leonard Borwick, pianist, 1868; Frank
Bridge, conductor and composer, 1879; Margaret Leighton, actress,
1922.
Deaths: Roger II, King of Sicily, 1154; Manfred, King of Naples
and Sicily, died in battle 1266; Thomas d'Urfey, satirist, 1723;
Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 1770; Alexander Geddes,
biblical critic and poet, 1802; John Philip Kemble, ...