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03/16/1072
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Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
Type: Death
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03/16/1079
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Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
Type: Event
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03/16/1190
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Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England
Type: Event
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03/16/1190
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Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism
Type: Event
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03/16/1345
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Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
Type: Event
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03/16/1517
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Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
Type: Event
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03/16/1521
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Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines
Type: Event
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03/16/1521
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Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar)
Type: Event
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03/16/1527
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Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen
Type: Event
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03/16/1536
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Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
Type: Death
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03/16/1585
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Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1609
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Michael Franck, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1621
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Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass
Type: Event
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03/16/1629
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Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
Type: Death
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03/16/1634
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Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
Type: Birth
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03/16/1641
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General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution
Type: Event
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03/16/1651
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Zaccaria Tevo, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1660
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English Long Parliament disbands
Type: Event
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03/16/1663
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Nicholas Siret, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1690
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French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland
Type: Event
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03/16/1729
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Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1730
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Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
Type: Event
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03/16/1731
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Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands
Type: Event
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03/16/1736
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Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
Type: Death
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03/16/1738
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Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
Type: Death
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03/16/1739
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George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1745
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Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1750
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Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1751
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James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1757
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Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1774
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Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1776
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Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
Type: Birth
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03/16/1787
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Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1792
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Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
Type: Event
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03/16/1802
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George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
Type: Birth
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03/16/1802
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Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)
Type: Event
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03/16/1802
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US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
Type: Event
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03/16/1804
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Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
Type: Death
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03/16/1806
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Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1806
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Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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03/16/1812
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Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
Type: Birth
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03/16/1814
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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1815
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Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
Type: Event
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03/16/1819
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Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/16/1821
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Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1822
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Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1822
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Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano
Type: Event
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03/16/1822
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John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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03/16/1823
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William Henry Monk, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1827
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1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
Type: Event
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