373 Historic Events for March 11
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| 1731 |
Birth |
Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)
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| 1754 |
Birth |
Juan Mel‚ndez Vald‚s, Spanish lawyer/poet
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| 1772 |
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George Reuter, composer, dies at 63
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| 1779 |
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US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
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| 1781 |
Birth |
Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer
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| 1786 |
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Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28
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| 1787 |
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Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45
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| 1789 |
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Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC
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| 1791 |
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Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent
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| 1793 |
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Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist
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| 1794 |
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Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens
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| 1795 |
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Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols
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| 1807 |
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Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41
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| 1810 |
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Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
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| 1811 |
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Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer (Neptune)
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| 1812 |
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Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews
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| 1812 |
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William Vincent Wallace, composer
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| 1812 |
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James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887
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| 1812 |
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Pieter Bluss‚ van Oud-Alblas, Dutch liberal minister of Finance
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| 1818 |
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John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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| 1819 |
Birth |
Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte)
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| 1819 |
Birth |
Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)
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| 1820 |
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Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
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| 1822 |
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Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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