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03/17/1806
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David Dale, industrialist and philanthropist, dies
Type: Death
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03/17/1820
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Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1824
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England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement
Type: Event
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03/17/1825
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Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1826
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Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (V”lkerkunder)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1828
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1832
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Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1832
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Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1833
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Phoenix Society forms (NY)
Type: Event
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03/17/1834
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Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
Type: Birth
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03/17/1836
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Texas abolishes slavery
Type: Event
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03/17/1839
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Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1842
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Indians land in Ohio, a 12ý-mile area in Upper Sandusky
Type: Event
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03/17/1845
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Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour
Type: Event
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03/17/1845
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Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
Type: Event
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03/17/1846
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Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1846
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Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
Type: Death
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03/17/1846
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F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
Type: Death
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03/17/1847
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"Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence
Type: Event
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03/17/1848
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Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1849
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Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
Type: Death
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03/17/1853
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Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
Type: Death
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03/17/1854
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1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass
Type: Event
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03/17/1855
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Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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03/17/1857
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Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
Type: Death
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03/17/1860
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Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
Type: Event
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03/17/1861
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Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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03/17/1861
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Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
Type: Event
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03/17/1862
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Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
Type: Death
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03/17/1863
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Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)
Type: Event
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03/17/1863
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John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
Type: Death
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03/17/1864
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Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
Type: Death
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03/17/1868
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Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
Type: Event
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03/17/1870
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Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
Type: Event
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03/17/1871
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National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
Type: Event
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03/17/1872
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Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1873
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Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1873
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Margaret Bondfield, Brit Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member
Type: Birth
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03/17/1874
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Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
Type: Birth
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03/17/1874
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Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America
Type: Birth
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03/17/1876
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Frederic Ayers, composer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1876
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1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
Type: Event
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03/17/1876
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Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux indian camps
Type: Event
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03/17/1877
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Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1877
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Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng
Type: Event
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03/17/1880
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Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1881
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Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1884
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John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif
Type: Event
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03/17/1886
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Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed
Type: Event
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03/17/1887
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Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician
Type: Birth
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