378 Historic Events for March 21
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| 1734 |
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Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
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| 1763 |
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Jean Paul, writer
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| 1765 |
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Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
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| 1768 |
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Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
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| 1768 |
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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
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| 1779 |
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Alexis Garaude, composer
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| 1788 |
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Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
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| 1788 |
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Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
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| 1790 |
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Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
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| 1791 |
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Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
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| 1793 |
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Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
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| 1801 |
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Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
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| 1804 |
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French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
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| 1806 |
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Benito Pablo Ju rez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of M‚xico (1858-72)
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| 1810 |
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Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies
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| 1813 |
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James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
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| 1816 |
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Charlotte Bronte, novelist/poet
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| 1820 |
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Frank Mori, composer
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| 1824 |
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Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
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| 1826 |
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Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
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| 1835 |
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Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
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| 1836 |
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Jesus Monasterio, composer
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| 1839 |
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Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]
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| 1843 |
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Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
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| 1844 |
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Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65
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