Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (13 August 1802 – 22 August 1850), a German-language Austrian poet.
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United States Military Academy
At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens. - 3Sep
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