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1985 Death - Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies

1982 Death - Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53

1976 Event - Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground

1975 Event - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces

1963 Birthday - Natalie Merchant, U.S. singer and songwriter, 10,000 Maniacs

1959 Event - 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey

1954 Death - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82

1951 Event - Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings

1947 Death - Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80

1942 Birthday - Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong

1942 Event - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized

1942 Birthday - Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools

1940 Event - 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware

1940 Death - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68

1940 Event - British merchant vessel fleet is armed

1938 Birthday - Henry Keswick, British financier/merchant, Hong Kong

1936 Birthday - Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder

1933 Birthday - Robin Hutton, merchant banker

1931 Death - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies

1931 Birthday - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator, Showtime

1930 Birthday - Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal

1929 Birthday - Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood

1928 Event - U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act

1919 Birthday - Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, John Boyd, U.S., sci-fi author, IQ Merchant

1917 Death - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies

1917 Event - Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship

1915 Event - Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo

1915 Event - German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea

1915 Event - Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea

1911 Birthday - Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman

1905 Death - Tippo-Tip, Hamed ben Mohammed, Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67

1891 Death - JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37

1874 Birthday - Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice

1872 Birthday - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant and art collector

1871 Birthday - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier

1867 Event - San Francisco Merchant's Exchange opens

1860 Birthday - Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement

1859 Event - Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die

1856 Death - Henry FC Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Nearlands blood), dies at 76

1853 Event - 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)

1850 Death - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93

1849 Birthday - Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"

1845 Birthday - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector

1844 Death - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49

1838 Birthday - John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store

1814 Death - Elbridge Gerry, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 70

1813 Birthday - Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party

1813 Birthday - Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art

1813 Death - George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73

1812 Birthday - Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant

1811 Death - William Williams, U.S. merchant and signer, Declaration of Independence, dies at 80

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

1801 Birthday - John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist

1800 Death - Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies

1795 Birthday - George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist

1795 Birthday - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters

1793 Death - John Hancock, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 56

1787 Death - Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies

1785 Death - William Whipple, merchant, judge, and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 55

1780 Birthday - Henry F. C. Tollens, merchant/poet, Vienna Nearlands Blood

1779 Event - English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels

1779 Death - Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 49

1778 Death - Philip Livingston, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62

1759 Birthday - Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist

1757 Death - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59

1756 Birthday - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant and ship owner

1753 Death - Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies

1747 Death - Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies

1740 Birthday - Francis Baring, banker/merchant

1739 Birthday - George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1738 Birthday - Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence

1734 Birthday - Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1731 Birthday - William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence

1730 Birthday - Joseph Hewes, U.S. merchant, Declaration of Independence signer

1730 Birthday - William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer

1729 Birthday - Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war

1722 Death - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies

1719 Death - Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64

1719 Death - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59

1716 Birthday - Philip Livingston, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence

1709 Birthday - John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised

1704 Death - Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83

1702 Birthday - Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant, Teyler's Museum

1697 Birthday - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant

1693 Birthday - George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist, London Merchant

1688 Death - Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried

1660 Birthday - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans

1660 Death - Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72

1655 Birthday - Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent

1654 Death - Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61

1653 Death - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61

1652 Death - Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69

1652 Death - Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65

1640 Death - Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75

1637 Death - Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies

1629 Death - John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/Governor-General of East-Indies, dies at 42

1626 Death - Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68

1616 Death - Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66

1613 Event - Amsterdams merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized

1612 Death - Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies

1612 Death - Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62

1599 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java

1598 Event - Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java

1598 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java

1595 Death - Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79

1588 Death - Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82

1559 Death - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed

1549 Birthday - Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder, VOC

1535 Birthday - Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Netherlands, merchant/historian

1525 Death - Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66

1517 Death - Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies

1515 Birthday - St. Philippus Nerius, Philippo Neri, Italian merchant/priest

1502 Birthday - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God

1459 Birthday - Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant

1456 Death - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle

1358 Death - Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies

634 Death - Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies

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