504 Historic Events for March 1
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| 1832 |
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Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer
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| 1835 |
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Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade)
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| 1837 |
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Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
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| 1837 |
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William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
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| 1838 |
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Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
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| 1841 |
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Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881)
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| 1841 |
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Romualdo Marenco, composer
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| 1845 |
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President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
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| 1847 |
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Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
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| 1848 |
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece)
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| 1852 |
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Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman
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| 1854 |
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SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again
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| 1856 |
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Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)
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| 1858 |
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Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist
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| 1859 |
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Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
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| 1859 |
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Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61
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| 1860 |
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Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
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| 1864 |
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Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
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| 1864 |
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Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree
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| 1864 |
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Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
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| 1865 |
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Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70
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| 1865 |
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Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)
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| 1866 |
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Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
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| 1867 |
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Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
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| 1867 |
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Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
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