355 Historic Events for March 16
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| 1739 |
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George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
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| 1745 |
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Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
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| 1750 |
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Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
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| 1751 |
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James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
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| 1757 |
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Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
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| 1774 |
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Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
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| 1776 |
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Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
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| 1787 |
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Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
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| 1792 |
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Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
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| 1802 |
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George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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| 1802 |
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Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)
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| 1802 |
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US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
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| 1804 |
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Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
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| 1806 |
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Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
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| 1806 |
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Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
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| 1812 |
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Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
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| 1814 |
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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
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| 1815 |
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Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
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| 1819 |
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Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
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| 1821 |
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Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
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| 1822 |
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Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
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| 1822 |
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Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano
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| 1822 |
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John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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| 1823 |
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William Henry Monk, composer
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| 1827 |
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1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
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