378 Historic Events for March 21
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| 1349 |
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3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
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| 1421 |
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Battle of Beauge-French beat British
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| 1466 |
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French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen
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| 1474 |
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Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
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| 1487 |
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Nicholas van Flu‰, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
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| 1492 |
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Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
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| 1521 |
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Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)
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| 1527 |
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Hermann Finck, composer
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| 1538 |
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Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
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| 1556 |
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Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
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| 1609 |
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Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)
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| 1610 |
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King James I addresses English House of Commons
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| 1624 |
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Fran‡ois Roberday, composer
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| 1642 |
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Georg Schmezer, composer
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| 1652 |
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Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55
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| 1654 |
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Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
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| 1656 |
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Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
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| 1681 |
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3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
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| 1685 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Matth„us-Passion)
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| 1697 |
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Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
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| 1702 |
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Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
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| 1708 |
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Caspar Ruetz, composer
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| 1713 |
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Francis Lewis, signer (Decl of Ind)
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| 1716 |
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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
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| 1729 |
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John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57
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