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1985 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
1982 Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53 1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground 1975 U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1963 Natalie Merchant, U.S. singer and songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs 1959 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1954 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82 1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings 1947 Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80 1942 Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized 1942 Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools 1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1940 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed 1938 Henry Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong 1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1933 Robin Hutton, merchant banker 1931 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies 1931 Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime 1930 Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal 1929 Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood 1928 U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1919 Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant 1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies 1917 Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship 1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1905 Tippo-Tip, Hamed ben Mohammed, Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67 1891 JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37 1874 Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice 1872 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant and art collector 1871 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier 1867 San Francisco Merchant's Exchange opens 1860 Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement 1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die 1856 Henry FC Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Nearlands blood), dies at 76 1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos) 1850 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" 1845 Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector 1844 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 1838 John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store 1814 Elbridge Gerry, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1813 Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party 1813 Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art 1813 George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73 1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant 1811 William Williams, U.S. merchant and signer, Declaration of Independence, dies at 80 1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh / U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 89 1801 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist 1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies 1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist 1795 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters 1793 John Hancock, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 56 1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies 1785 William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1780 Henry F. C. Tollens, merchant/poet, Vienna Nearlands Blood 1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels 1779 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 49 1778 Philip Livingston, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1759 Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist 1757 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant and ship owner 1753 Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies 1747 Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies 1740 Francis Baring, banker/merchant 1739 George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1738 Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence 1734 Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1731 William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence 1730 Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer 1730 William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer 1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1722 Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies 1719 Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 1719 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 1716 Philip Livingston, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1709 John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised 1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 1702 Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant, Teyler's Museum 1697 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant 1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist, London Merchant 1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried 1660 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans 1660 Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72 1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent 1654 Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61 1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61 1652 Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 1652 Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 1640 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 1637 Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies 1629 John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/Governor-General of East-Indies, dies at 42 1626 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 1616 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 1613 Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized 1612 Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies 1612 Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java 1598 Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java 1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1595 Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 1559 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed 1549 Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder, VOC 1535 Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Netherlands, merchant/historian 1525 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 1517 Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies 1515 St. Philippus Nerius, Philippo Neri, Italian merchant/priest 1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God 1459 Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant 1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 634 Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies |
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