401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 1829 |
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Carl Schurz, Major General (Union volunteers)journalist
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| 1831 |
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John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission
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| 1836 |
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Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
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| 1838 |
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David Duffle Wood, composer
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| 1840 |
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Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets and asteroids), dies at 81
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| 1844 |
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Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician
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| 1853 |
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Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Ter
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| 1855 |
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Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
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| 1855 |
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Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
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| 1858 |
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Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
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| 1861 |
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US creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah ter
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| 1861 |
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Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington
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| 1862 |
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Frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet, dies at 40
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| 1862 |
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John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning and Other Essays)
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| 1863 |
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Congress authorizes track width of 4'8«" for Union Pacific RR
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| 1865 |
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Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
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| 1865 |
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British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing
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| 1865 |
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Gen Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
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| 1866 |
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1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn
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| 1867 |
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US Congress creates the Department of Education
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| 1867 |
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1st Reconstruction act passed by Congress
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| 1867 |
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Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead
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| 1867 |
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Congress created the Department of Education
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| 1867 |
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Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
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| 1867 |
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Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act
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