440 Historic Events for March 12
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| 1642 |
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Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand
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| 1648 |
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Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63
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| 1664 |
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1st naturalization act in American colonies
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| 1664 |
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New Jersey becomes a British colony
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| 1681 |
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French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
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| 1685 |
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George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne
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| 1689 |
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Former English King James II lands in Ireland
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| 1710 |
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Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)
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| 1734 |
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Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
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| 1737 |
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Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
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| 1753 |
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George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
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| 1755 |
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1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
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| 1755 |
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Georges Couthon, French politician
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| 1758 |
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Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]
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| 1768 |
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Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
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| 1773 |
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Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago
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| 1788 |
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Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor
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| 1789 |
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US Post Office established
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| 1793 |
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Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
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| 1799 |
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Austria declares war on France
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| 1800 |
Birth |
Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
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| 1806 |
Birth |
Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)
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| 1808 |
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Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet
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| 1816 |
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David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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| 1818 |
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John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897
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