504 Historic Events for March 1
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| 1619 |
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Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53
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| 1630 |
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Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized
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| 1633 |
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George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39
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| 1634 |
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Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
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| 1642 |
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Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city
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| 1643 |
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Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59
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| 1690 |
Birth |
Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer
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| 1692 |
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Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA)
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| 1693 |
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Benedict Schultheiss, composer, dies at 39
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| 1703 |
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Dieudonne Raick, composer
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| 1709 |
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Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer
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| 1711 |
Birth |
Peregrinus Pogl, composer
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| 1711 |
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"The Spectator" begins publishing (London)
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| 1734 |
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Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor
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| 1771 |
Death |
Isfrid Kayser, composer, dies at 58
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| 1771 |
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Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer
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| 1773 |
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Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
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| 1773 |
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Luigi Vanvitelli, [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at 72
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| 1777 |
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Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62
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| 1779 |
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Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer
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| 1780 |
Birth |
L‚onard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-general of Neth Indies (1826-30)
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| 1780 |
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Penn becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
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| 1781 |
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Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
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| 1784 |
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E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
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| 1785 |
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Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
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