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2003 George Plimpton, writer/adventurer/actor, The Paris Review, dies at 76

2002 Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist/adventurer, Kon-Tiki, dies at 87

1917 M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer

1855 U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery

1854 Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations

1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter

1799 Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55

1798 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73

1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal

1788 Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer

1786 Davy Crockett, U.S., frontiersman/adventurer/politician, Alamo

1756 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies

1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69

1743 Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer

1725 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life

1677 Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer


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