401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 1772 |
Death |
Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
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| 1776 |
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Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
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| 1787 |
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Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73
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| 1789 |
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Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
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| 1793 |
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Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
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| 1797 |
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Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79
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| 1799 |
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Congress standardizes US weights and measures
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| 1800 |
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Christian Friedrich Schale, composer, dies at 86
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| 1807 |
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Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
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| 1810 |
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Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope (1878-1903)
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| 1813 |
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George Alexander Macfarren, composer
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| 1815 |
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Antonio Buzzolla, composer
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| 1817 |
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1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
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| 1817 |
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J nos Arany, Hungary, epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
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| 1819 |
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US passed its 1st immigration law
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| 1819 |
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Territory of Arkansas organized
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| 1820 |
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Multatuli, writer
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| 1822 |
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Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer, dies at 40
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| 1824 |
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Interstate commerce comes under federal control
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| 1824 |
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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)
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| 1824 |
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Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian theorist [NS]
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| 1824 |
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Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
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| 1825 |
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1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
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| 1828 |
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Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General (Union Army), died in 1879
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| 1829 |
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New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in US, incorporated, Boston
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