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FEBRUARY 23 - IN THE HISTORY Calender Search
 
1822
Boston was granted a charter to incorporate as a city.
1821
College of Apothecaries, the 1st US pharmacy college, was organized in Philadelphia.
1821
John Keats, English poet, died of tuberculosis at the age of 26. In 1998 the biography “Keats” by Andrew Motion was published. Earlier biographies included one by Walter Jackson Bate (1963), and a novelistic psychological portrait by Aileen Ward (1963). The standard work on Keats was written by Robert Gittings in 1968.
1797
Antoine d'Auvergne (83), French opera composer (Coquette), died.
1792
Joseph Haydn’s 94th Symphony in G premiered.
1792
Humane Society of Massachusetts was incorporated. It erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners.
1792
Joshua Reynolds (68), English portrait painter (Simplicity), died.
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