501 Historic Events for March 3
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| 1746 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
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| 1747 |
Birth |
Kasamir Pulaski, US general (Revolutionary War)
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| 1756 |
Birth |
William Godwin, philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams)
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| 1766 |
Death |
Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73
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| 1768 |
Death |
Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81
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| 1776 |
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US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
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| 1791 |
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Congress establishes US Mint
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| 1791 |
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1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages)
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| 1792 |
Death |
Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63
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| 1793 |
Birth |
Ch Sealsfield, writer
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| 1794 |
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1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D
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| 1794 |
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Richard Allen founded AME Church
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| 1800 |
Death |
Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer, dies at 64
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| 1801 |
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1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
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| 1803 |
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1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
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| 1805 |
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Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Sophia Hawthorne, writer
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review)
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| 1812 |
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US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
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| 1813 |
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Office of surgeon general of the US army forms
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Charles Kensington Salaman, composer
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| 1815 |
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US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute
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| 1817 |
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Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
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| 1820 |
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Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
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| 1820 |
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Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
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