375 Historic Events for March 14
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| 1757 |
Death |
John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52
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| 1760 |
Death |
Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
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| 1768 |
Death |
Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
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| 1782 |
Birth |
Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"
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| 1794 |
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Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
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| 1800 |
Birth |
James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings)
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| 1800 |
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Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII
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| 1801 |
Death |
Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
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| 1803 |
Birth |
F G Klopstock, writer
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| 1803 |
Death |
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78
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| 1804 |
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Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)
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| 1808 |
Birth |
Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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| 1811 |
Death |
August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75
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| 1812 |
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Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
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| 1815 |
Birth |
Josephine Lang, composer
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| 1816 |
Birth |
Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
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| 1820 |
Birth |
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
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| 1821 |
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Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
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| 1821 |
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
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| 1823 |
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Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
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| 1826 |
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General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam
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| 1826 |
Birth |
William Fisk Sherwin, composer
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
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