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2013 Event - Pope Francis calls for worldwide 'financial reform along ethical lines' which would curb the 'tyranny' of 'markets and financial speculation'

2013 Event - Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking number of new Catholic Church saints; Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI submitted the 813 'Martyrs of Otranto' who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam

2013 Event - In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend

2013 Event - Alfred Xuereb, an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is selected by Pope Francis' to become his first private secretary

2013 Event - In Vatican City, Italy, Pope Francis delivers his first message at the Vatican, telling journalists wants "a poor Church, for the poor"

2012 Event - A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house

2009 Death - Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47

2004 Death - "Francis Crick, Ph. D", DNA researcher, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, dies at 88

2001 Death - Arlene Francis, actress, What's My Line?, dies at 93

1997 Death - Francis Paudras, designer/jazz fan, dies at 62

1996 Death - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90

1996 Death - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85

1996 Death - Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor and LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75

1996 Event - St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1

1996 Death - Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67

1996 Death - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61

1995 Death - Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84

1995 Death - Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72

1995 Death - John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85

1995 Death - Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90

1995 Death - Francis Joan Frances Will, actress, dies at 75

1995 Death - Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84

1995 Death - Francis Showering, brewer, dies at 83

1995 Death - Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83

1995 Death - Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr. Ed), dies at 96

1995 Death - Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85

1995 Death - Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90

1995 Death - Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48

1995 Death - Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77

1995 Death - Francis Lopez, French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78

1994 Death - Sam Francis, U.S. painter (Basel Mural), dies at about 71

1994 Death - Samuel Lewis Francis, painter, dies at 71

1994 Death - Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59

1994 Death - Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at 84

1993 Death - Francis Mankiewicz, Canad director (Lesson bons debarras), dies at 49

1993 Death - Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70

1992 Death - Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82

1991 Death - Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies

1991 Death - Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies

1991 Birthday - Dylan Francis Penn, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright

1989 Death - Franco, Francis Luambo/"Makiadi", Zaire composer/music, dies at 51

1988 Death - Paul Francis Lloyd, entertainer, dies

1988 Death - Francis Ponge, French Poet

1988 Event - Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)

1987 Death - Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35

1987 Death - Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90

1986 Death - Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty's Trail), dies at 68

1986 Death - [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, U.S. actor (Dr. Strangelove), dies at 70

1986 Death - Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster

1985 Death - Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist

1984 Death - Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian

1979 Birthday - Ara Francis, Miss Colorado Teen USA 1996

1977 Death - Francis Gary Powers, U.S. U-2 pilot, dies at 47

1977 Death - Carter De Haven, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin, dies in Glendale, California, at age 90

1976 Event - Genie Francis joind "General Hospital" as Laura Vining

1976 Death - Francis E Meloy, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed

1975 Event - Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department

1975 Birthday - Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, Palmerston North New Zealand, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1973 Death - Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55

1972 Birthday - Missy Francis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1971 Birthday - John Francis Zingg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys

1969 Birthday - Paul Francis Stankowski, Oxnard California, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th

1968 Death - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer, dies at 16

1968 Death - Francis Biddle, American Lawyer

1968 Death - Francis McDonald, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77

1968 Death - Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65

1968 Birthday - James Francis, linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals

1968 Death - Francis Brennan, U.S. cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74

1967 Death - [Francis] Barry Byrne, Chicago, Illinois, architect, dies at 83

1967 Death - Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78

1967 Death - Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman

1967 Death - John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83

1967 Event - Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip

1966 Event - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world

1966 Event - Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world

1966 Death - Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83

1966 Death - Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis, U.S. comic (General), dies at 69

1965 Birthday - Black Francis, Charles Thompson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies

1964 Death - Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1963 Birthday - Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali

1963 Birthday - Ron Francis, Sault Ste Marie, NHL center for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Team Canada

1962 Birthday - Genie Francis, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, General Hospital, Bare Essence

1962 Event - U.S.S.R. swaps spy Francis Gary Power to U.S. for Rudolph Abel

1961 Event - Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"

1961 Birthday - Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis'

1961 Death - Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70

1961 Event - Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston

1960 Event - "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1

1960 Event - Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by U.S.S.R. (U-2 incident)

1960 Event - Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow

1960 Event - Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing

1960 Event - U.S.S.R. announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy

1960 Event - Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane

1958 Death - Francis George Scott, composer, dies at 78

1958 Death - Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71

1957 Birthday - Mark Francis O'Meara, Goldsboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1984 Greater Milw

1956 Death - Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53

1955 Birthday - Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion

1954 Birthday - Neil Francis Tennant, rocker, Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices

1954 Death - Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83

1954 Birthday - Trevor Francis, British soccer manager

1954 Death - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69

1954 Event - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game

1953 Death - Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75

1953 Death - Francis Picabia, French Artist

1953 Birthday - Francis Maude, born in Abingdon, England, politician, Conservative party, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham

1953 Death - James Francis Thorpe, decathelete, 2 Gold Medals 1912 Olympics, dies at 64

1953 Event - Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule

1953 Event - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game

1952 Birthday - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer

1951 Birthday - Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine

1949 Birthday - Francis Rossi, guitarist, Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man

1949 Birthday - Francis Rossi, born in England, guitarist and vocalist, Status Quo-Down Down

1948 Event - Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonietta," premieres

1948 Birthday - Bruce Francis, cricketer, Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972

1946 Birthday - Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author

1946 Birthday - Clive Francis, born in London, England, actor, Masada

1946 Birthday - Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water

1945 Death - Francis William Aston, British Scientist

1945 Birthday - Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist

1944 Birthday - Francis Lee, English Athlete

1942 Death - Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79

1942 Birthday - Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker, Dr. Hook

1941 Event - 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)

1940 Death - Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64

1940 Birthday - Francis Schwartz, composer

1939 Birthday - Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS-41C, 51L-Chal disaster

1939 Birthday - Francis Ford Coppola, born in Detroit, director, Godfather, Apocalypse Now

1938 Birthday - Connie Francis, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer and actress, Where the Boys Are

1938 Birthday - Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner

1938 Birthday - Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player

1935 Birthday - Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17

1934 Birthday - Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor

1934 Birthday - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick

1933 Birthday - William Francis McBeth, composer

1933 Event - 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor

1932 Birthday - Francis Arinze, Nigerian Clergyman

1932 Birthday - Anne Francis, Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Pancho Villa

1932 Birthday - Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65

1932 Death - Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67

1931 Death - Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman

1930 Birthday - Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner

1930 Event - 50th U.S. Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14)

1930 Birthday - Anne Francis, born in Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Forbidden Planet

1929 Event - 49th U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)

1929 Birthday - Francis Gary Powers, U.S. spy, U.S.S.R. captures him in 1959 U-2 incident

1928 Birthday - Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist

1927 Birthday - Francis Matthews, British actor, On the Bowery, Paul Temple

1927 Event - William T. Francis named minister to Liberia

1927 Birthday - Francis Routh, composer

1926 Birthday - Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/General Manager, Rangers, Blues, Whalers

1926 Birthday - Francis Kennedy, British diplomat

1926 Birthday - Francis Burt, composer

1925 Birthday - Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated

1925 Death - Francis Darwin, English Scientist

1925 Death - Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77

1924 Birthday - Francis Miroglio, composer

1924 Birthday - Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn, bishop, Manchester

1924 Death - Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies

1923 Birthday - Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law

1923 Birthday - Samuel Lewis Francis, painter

1923 Birthday - Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer

1923 Death - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67

1922 Birthday - Damon [Francis] Knight, U.S., sci-fi author, CV, Beyond the Barrier

1922 Birthday - Francis Thorne, born in Bay Shore, New York, composer, Burlesque Overture

1922 Event - President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore

1921 Birthday - Terence Morgan, born in London, England, actor, Adv of Sir Francis Drake

1921 Birthday - Jean Kent, born in London, England, actress, Adv of Sir Francis Drake

1921 Birthday - Virginia O'Brien, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Francis in the Navy

1921 Birthday - Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works

1920 Birthday - Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes

1920 Birthday - Ranganandhan Francis, born in India, field hockey, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics

1919 Birthday - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health

1917 Birthday - Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister

1916 Death - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79

1916 Birthday - Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1916 Death - Francis W. Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies

1916 Birthday - Francis Lopez, composer

1916 Birthday - Francis Crick, British co-discovered DNA's structure, Nobel 1962

1915 Birthday - Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar

1913 Event - 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA

1913 Birthday - Francis De Wolff, England, actor, From Russia With Love

1912 Birthday - Francis Showering, brewer

1912 Birthday - Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher

1912 Birthday - Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian

1912 Birthday - Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner

1911 Birthday - Francis Frederick Johnson, architect

1911 Death - Francis Galton, English scholar, dies at 88

1911 Birthday - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health

1910 Birthday - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier

1910 Birthday - John Francis Boyd, journalist

1910 Birthday - Francis D Foley, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal

1910 Death - Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91

1910 Birthday - Francis Avery Jones, British gastro-enterologist

1909 Death - Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59

1909 Birthday - Francis Bacon, born in Ireland, painter, Study for a Pope

1909 Birthday - Francis Henry Smith, librarian

1909 Birthday - Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist

1909 Death - Francis Marion Crawford,

1909 Birthday - Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist

1907 Death - Francis Thompson, English Poet

1907 Birthday - Arlene Francis, Boston, radio/TV host, What's My Line?

1906 Birthday - Francis Lederer, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Diary of a Chambermaid

1906 Birthday - Francis Walder, Francois Waldburger, Belgian author

1906 Birthday - Francis Steegmuller, U.S., biographer, Cocteau

1905 Birthday - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist

1905 Birthday - Francis Joseph Quinn, academic

1905 Death - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55

1905 Birthday - Francis Taylor, builder

1904 Event - Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa Tibet

1904 Birthday - [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer, Max Factor

1904 Event - British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa

1903 Death - Francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66

1903 Birthday - Kay Francis, Katherine E Gibbs, Oklahoma City, actress, False Madonna

1903 Birthday - Francis L Sullivan, born in London, England, actor, Missing Rembrandt

1901 Birthday - Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator

1900 Birthday - Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist

1899 Birthday - Francis Ponge, French Poet

1899 Birthday - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches

1897 Death - Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73

1897 Death - Francis W. Newman, English Writer

1897 Death - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63

1897 Birthday - Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player and organized Japanese baseball

1896 Death - Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies

1896 Birthday - Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea

1894 Birthday - Jimmy Francis McHugh, composer

1893 Birthday - Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia

1893 Birthday - Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's U.S. Open, 1913

1893 Event - Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo

1893 Event - Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe

1891 Birthday - Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion

1891 Death - Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73

1890 Death - Richard Francis Burton, English Writer

1890 Birthday - Frank Morgan, Francis P Wupperman, New York City, actor, Annie Get Your Gun

1890 Birthday - Francis de Bourguignon, composer

1890 Death - Francis Bowen, American Philosopher

1889 Birthday - Francis J. Spellman, U.S. Cardinal

1889 Birthday - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman

1887 Birthday - Francis Bull, Norway, writer, Norsk literature historian

1886 Birthday - Carter De Haven, born in Woodland Hills, California, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin

1886 Birthday - William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships

1886 Birthday - Francis Carcopino, French author/critic, L'Homme Traque

1886 Birthday - Francis Biddle, American Lawyer

1884 Birthday - Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies

1884 Birthday - John Francis Larchet, composer

1883 Birthday - [Francis] Barry Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, architect

1883 Birthday - Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1883 Birthday - Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur

1880 Birthday - Francis George Scott, composer

1878 Birthday - Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator

1877 Birthday - Francis William Aston, British Scientist

1876 Death - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85

1875 Death - Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

1875 Birthday - Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer

1875 Death - Francis Preston Blair, Jr., famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54

1874 Event - Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U

1872 Event - Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina

1870 Birthday - Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor

1868 Birthday - Francis Jammes, French poet and writer, Jammisme

1868 Event - 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)

1865 Event - Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)

1865 Death - Francis Washburn, U.S. Union colonel/general major, dies of injuries

1864 Birthday - Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem

1863 Death - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65

1863 Birthday - Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer

1861 Death - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44

1861 Event - Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia

1861 Death - Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies

1859 Birthday - Francis Thompson, English Poet

1857 Event - William Francis Channing and Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm

1857 Death - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32

1855 Birthday - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer

1855 Birthday - Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman

1854 Birthday - Francis Marion Crawford, British author

1850 Birthday - Francis Thome, composer

1850 Death - Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies

1850 Birthday - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer

1848 Birthday - Francis Darwin, English Scientist

1847 Birthday - Francis William Davenport, composer

1846 Birthday - Francis H Bradley, British philosopher, neo-idealism

1845 Event - Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat

1844 Death - Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies

1844 Death - Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies

1843 Death - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63

1842 Event - John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1840 Birthday - William Francis Bartlett, Major General Union volunteers

1839 Birthday - Francis W. Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer

1839 Birthday - Francis Fessenden, Major General Union volunteers

1837 Birthday - John Francis Barnett, composer

1837 Birthday - Francis Jay Herron, Major General Union volunteers

1836 Birthday - Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Boston, theologian, Scientific Theism

1836 Event - Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse

1834 Birthday - Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA

1834 Birthday - Francis Marion Cockrell, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1834 Birthday - Francis Asbury Shoup, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1834 Birthday - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer

1827 Birthday - Francis Engle Patterson, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1825 Birthday - Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1824 Birthday - Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet, Golden Treasury, Professor, Oxford

1824 Birthday - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer

1823 Birthday - Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail

1823 Birthday - Thomas Francis Meagher, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1822 Birthday - Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist and geneticist

1821 Birthday - Francis Barretto Spinola, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1821 Birthday - Richard Francis Burton, English Writer

1821 Birthday - Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky, Rep-Missouri

1818 Death - Philip Francis, English Politician

1818 Birthday - Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist

1818 Birthday - Francis Henry Brown, composer

1817 Death - Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman

1816 Birthday - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col Confederate Army

1814 Event - Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"

1814 Birthday - Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor, Union

1811 Birthday - Francis Bowen, American Philosopher

1807 Birthday - Charles Francis Adams, Union

1805 Birthday - Francis W. Newman, English Writer

1803 Birthday - Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1802 Death - Francis Lewis, Welsh / U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 89

1797 Birthday - Francis P. Kenrick, Irish / U.S. archbishop of Baltimore

1797 Event - Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews

1797 Death - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer, signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1793 Birthday - Francis Danby, Irish painter

1793 Birthday - Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

1791 Death - Francis Hopkinson, U.S. writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53

1791 Birthday - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe

1789 Birthday - Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1779 Birthday - Francis Scott Key, composer, Star-Spangled Banner

1778 Birthday - Francis Horner, politician

1776 Death - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War

1775 Birthday - Francis C. Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill

1775 Birthday - Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman

1775 Event - Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)

1774 Birthday - Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale

1774 Birthday - Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse

1770 Birthday - Francis Burdett, British politician

1768 Birthday - Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806

1758 Event - Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems

1740 Birthday - Philip Francis, English Politician

1740 Birthday - Francis Baring, banker/merchant

1737 Birthday - Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes

1734 Birthday - Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer/signer Declaration of Independence

1732 Death - Francis Atterbury, English Politician

1721 Birthday - Francis Ireland, composer

1713 Birthday - Francis Lewis, signer, Declaration of Independence

1708 Birthday - Francis I, Holy Roman emperor, 1745-1765

1694 Birthday - Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism

1663 Birthday - Francis Atterbury, English Politician

1644 Death - Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies

1626 Death - Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, statesman, dies

1622 Death - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1621 Event - Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night

1621 Event - Francis Bacon accused of bribery

1618 Event - Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor

1616 Death - Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)

1596 Death - Francis Drake, English Soldier

1595 Death - Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50

1592 Birthday - Francis Quarles, English poet, Argalus and Parthenia, Emblems

1590 Event - English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag

1590 Death - Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57

1582 Event - Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant

1580 Event - Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England

1579 Event - Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean

1579 Event - Francis Drake entered San Francisco Bay

1579 Event - Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California

1577 Event - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world

1577 Event - Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington

1573 Event - Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth

1573 Event - 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)

1567 Birthday - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1561 Birthday - Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist, Novum Organum

1544 Event - Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy

1544 Birthday - Francis II de Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1559 - 1560

1526 Event - Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid

1526 Event - Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders

1506 Birthday - Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan

1223 Event - St. Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy)

1208 Event - St. Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy













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