429 Historic Events for March 17
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| 1860 |
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Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
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| 1861 |
Death |
Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
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| 1861 |
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Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
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| 1862 |
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Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)
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| 1863 |
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John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
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| 1864 |
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Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
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| 1868 |
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Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
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| 1870 |
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Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
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| 1871 |
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National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Margaret Bondfield, Brit Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member
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| 1874 |
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Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
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| 1874 |
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Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America
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| 1876 |
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Frederic Ayers, composer
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| 1876 |
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1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
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| 1876 |
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Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux indian camps
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| 1877 |
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Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker)
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| 1877 |
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Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
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| 1884 |
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John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif
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| 1886 |
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Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed
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| 1887 |
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Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician
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