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03/04/1152
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Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king
Type: Event
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03/04/1172
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Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies
Type: Death
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03/04/1394
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Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery
Type: Birth
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03/04/1461
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Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England
Type: Event
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03/04/1484
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Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25
Type: Death
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03/04/1492
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Francesco de Layolle, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1540
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Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife
Type: Event
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03/04/1570
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King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
Type: Event
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03/04/1590
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Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda
Type: Event
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03/04/1595
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Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest
Type: Death
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03/04/1611
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George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury
Type: Event
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03/04/1615
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Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies
Type: Death
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03/04/1617
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Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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03/04/1621
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Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
Type: Event
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03/04/1651
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John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1665
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English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands
Type: Event
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03/04/1675
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John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
Type: Event
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03/04/1678
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Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1681
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King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn
Type: Event
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03/04/1699
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Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
Type: Event
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03/04/1719
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Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter
Type: Birth
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03/04/1741
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English fleet under admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena
Type: Event
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03/04/1742
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Johann Heinrich Egli, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1747
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Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general
Type: Birth
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03/04/1754
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Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1754
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Benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1757
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Ignaz Malzat, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1765
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Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1766
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Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1773
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Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1774
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1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
Type: Event
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03/04/1782
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Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1789
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Pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch
Type: Birth
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03/04/1789
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1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
Type: Event
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03/04/1791
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Pres Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session
Type: Event
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03/04/1791
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1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
Type: Event
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03/04/1791
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Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
Type: Event
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03/04/1792
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Oranges introduced to Hawaii
Type: Event
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03/04/1793
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Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
Type: Death
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03/04/1793
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Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)
Type: Event
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03/04/1793
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French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth
Type: Event
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03/04/1794
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Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
Type: Death
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03/04/1797
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John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of US
Type: Event
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03/04/1798
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John Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1877
Type: Birth
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03/04/1798
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Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews
Type: Event
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03/04/1801
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1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)
Type: Event
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03/04/1804
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Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies
Type: Death
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03/04/1805
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79
Type: Death
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03/04/1809
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Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes
Type: Event
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03/04/1813
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Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked)
Type: Birth
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