429 Historic Events for March 17
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| 1675 |
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Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
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| 1680 |
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Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
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| 1685 |
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Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
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| 1704 |
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Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
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| 1722 |
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Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente
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| 1746 |
Birth |
Jan David Holland, composer
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| 1753 |
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1st official St Patrick's Day
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| 1755 |
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Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
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| 1756 |
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St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown and Thistle Tavern
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| 1757 |
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Prince Mas Sa‹d of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
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| 1762 |
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1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
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| 1764 |
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George Parker, English astronomer, dies
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| 1766 |
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Britain repeals Stamp Act
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| 1776 |
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British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
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| 1777 |
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Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
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| 1780 |
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Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
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| 1781 |
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Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
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| 1787 |
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George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
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| 1789 |
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Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
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| 1796 |
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Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
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| 1800 |
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English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
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| 1801 |
Death |
Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
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| 1803 |
Death |
Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
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| 1804 |
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Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres
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| 1804 |
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James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
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