399 Historic Events for March 19
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| 1813 |
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David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
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| 1816 |
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Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer
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| 1817 |
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Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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| 1819 |
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David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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| 1821 |
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William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
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| 1821 |
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Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
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| 1821 |
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Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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| 1822 |
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Boston, Mass incorporated as a city
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| 1823 |
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Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
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| 1827 |
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Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
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| 1831 |
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1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)
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| 1837 |
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Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
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| 1844 |
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Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
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| 1845 |
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George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
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| 1845 |
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Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
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| 1847 |
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Constantin Dimitrescu, composer
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| 1848 |
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Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)
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| 1850 |
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Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87
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| 1851 |
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Roque S enz Pe¤a, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
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| 1859 |
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Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris
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| 1860 |
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William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
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| 1862 |
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F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
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| 1864 |
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Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris
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| 1865 |
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Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC
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| 1866 |
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Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57
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