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1783 Calabrian earthquakes
This magnitude 6.2 event
Southern Italian peninsula and Sicily
Feb 6 1783
Thu 18:17:00
This magnitude 6.2 event occurred during the night following the first event and struck the area just to the southwest. Most of the damage and casualties appear to have been caused by a tsunami that was set off by a major collapse of Monte Pací into the sea near Scilla shortly after the earthquake. Many of Scilla's residents, frightened by the tremors of the previous day had moved onto the open beach for the night, where they were overwhelmed by the waves. The tsunami caused severe flooding in the town, reaching as far as 200 m inland, and there were more than 1500 deaths.
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1783 Calabrian earthquakes
The Earthquake
Wed Feb 5 1783
This earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.0, affected a large area including most of the southern Italian peninsula and shook the whole island of Sicily. Many villages were damaged and as many as 180 almost completely destroyed, with more than 25,000 casualties. A tsunami affected the coastline on both sides of the Straits of Messina, destroying the harbor walls at Messina. The earthquake had already caused widespread death and destruction in Messina. Homes were razed to the ground, the medieval Duomo was badly damaged and most of the historic buildings were reduced to rubble.
1783 Calabrian earthquakes
George Washington
The state electors under the Constitution voted for the president
Thu Feb 5 1789
The delegates to the Convention anticipated a Washington presidency and left it to him to define the office once elected. The state electors under the Constitution voted for the president on February 4, 1789, and Washington suspected that most republicans had not voted for him. The mandated March 4 date passed without a Congressional quorum to count the votes, but a quorum was reached on April 5. The votes were tallied the next day, and Congressional Secretary Charles Thomson was sent to Mount Vernon to tell Washington he had been elected president. Washington won the majority of every state's electoral votes; John Adams received the next highest number of votes and therefore became vice president.
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Alfred married Mary
Tue Feb 5 1867
Alfred married Mary Silvina Burghardt on February 5, 1867, in Housatonic, a village in Great Barrington.
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Developing live images
Wed Feb 5 1896
On February 5, 1896 live imaging devices were developed by both Italian scientist Enrico Salvioni (his "cryptoscope") and Professor McGie of Princeton University (his "Skiascope"), both using barium platinocyanide.
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Adolf Hitler
To Salzburg for medical assessment
Thu Feb 5 1914
Hitler journeyed to Salzburg on 5 February 1914 for medical assessment.
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1783 Calabrian earthquakes
Severe damage extended 15 km along the front of the Serre Mountains
Fri Feb 7 1783
This event occurred at about midday 40 km NE of the first mainshock on the 5th. Severe damage extended 15 km along the front of the Serre Mountains, leveling all the villages between Acquaro and Soriano Calabro. The earthquake is thought to have involved the rupturing of the southern segment of the Serre fault that bounds the Mesima Basin.
1783 Calabrian earthquakes
Napoleon
Battle of Eylau
Sat Feb 7 1807
Napoleon marched against the advancing Russian armies through Poland and was involved in the bloody stalemate at the Battle of Eylau in February 1807.
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Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge
Birth
Fri Feb 7 1919
Desmond Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, to William Thomas Doss (1893–1989), a carpenter, and Bertha Edward Doss (née Oliver) (1899–1983), a homemaker and shoe factory worker. He grew up in the Fairview Heights area of Lynchburg, Virginia, alongside his older sister Audrey and younger brother Harold.
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Spanish Civil War
Battle of Jarama
Mon Feb 7 1927
The consolidation of various militias into the Republican Army had started in December 1936. The main Nationalist advance to cross the Jarama and cut the supply to Madrid by the Valencia road, termed the Battle of Jarama, led to heavy casualties (6,000–20,000) on both sides. The operation's main objective was not met, though Nationalists gained a modest amount of territory.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill arrived home
Sun Feb 7 1943
From Morocco, Churchill went to Cairo, Adana, Cyprus, Cairo again, and Algiers for various purposes. Churchill arrived home on 7 February having been out for the country for nearly a month.
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Battle of Yiwulu
Sat Feb 4 73
A punitive Han expedition against the Xiongnu captured territory in the area of modern Hami City.
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He of Han died
Fri Feb 13 105
He of Han died.
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Antoninus Pius "adopted son"
Tue Feb 25 138
Antoninus Pius acquired much favor with Hadrian, who adopted him as his son and successor on 25 February 138, after the death of his first adopted son Lucius Aelius, on the condition that Antoninus would, in turn, adopt Marcus Annius Verus, the son of his wife's brother, and Lucius, son of Lucius Aelius, who afterward became the emperors, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
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Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Chong of Han died
Mon Feb 15 145
Chong of Han died.
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Campaign against Dong Zhuo
Mon Feb 1 190
A coalition led by Yuan Shao gathered at Hangu Pass in anticipation of an expedition against Dong.
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