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  • 41The Great Exhibition — Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851 …

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  • 42Joanna Baillie — Infobox Writer name = Joanna Baillie caption = Engraving of Joanna Baillie by H. Robinson after a portrait by Sir William Newton birthdate = birth date|1762|9|11|mf=y birthplace = Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 43Messiah (Handel) — George Frideric Handel …

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  • 44Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten — (1727 April 2 1786) was a Finnish soldier and politician. In his twelfth year he chose the profession of arms, and served his country with distinction. The few and miserable triumphs of Sweden during the Seven Years War were due almost entirely… …

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  • 45Charles Cotton — For other people named Charles Cotton, see Charles Cotton (disambiguation). Charles Cotton from Angling by Alexander Cargill (published 1897)[1] Charles Cotton (April 28, 1630 – February 16, 1687) was an English poet and writer, best know …

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  • 461920 in France — See also: 1919 in France, other events of 1920, 1921 in France. Events from the year 1920 in France.EventsAt the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations. The Allied victory over… …

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  • 47Bobby Driscoll — Infobox actor name = Bobby Driscoll imagesize = 200px caption = Bobby Driscoll, ca. 1949 birthname = Robert Cletus Driscoll birthdate = birth date|1937|3|3| birthplace = Cedar Rapids, Iowa deathdate = death date and age|1968|3|30|1937|3|3|… …

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  • 48Peter Parnell — (born 1953) is an American playwright. His plays include The Cider House Rules, Flaubert s Latest, Hyde In Hollywood, An Imaginary Life, QED, Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, Romance Language, Scooter Thomas Makes It To The Top Of The World , and… …

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  • 49John Pyke Hullah — (June 27, 1812 1884), English composer and teacher of music, was born at Worcester.He was a pupil of William Horsley from 1829, and entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1833. He wrote an opera to words by Dickens, The Village Coquettes ,… …

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  • 50Thomas Joseph Carr — (10 May 1839 – 6 May 1917), was the second Roman Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, Australia.Early lifeCarr was born near Moylough, Galway, Ireland, and educated at St Jarlath s College, Tuam, and at Maynooth, where he did a brilliant course. He… …

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