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03/05/1795
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Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
Type: Event
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03/05/1795
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Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
Type: Event
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03/05/1805
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Theodore Labarre, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1807
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1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
Type: Event
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03/05/1817
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Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
Type: Birth
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03/05/1820
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Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
Type: Event
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03/05/1821
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Monroe is 1st pres inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
Type: Event
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03/05/1824
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Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
Type: Birth
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03/05/1824
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James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier and Ives)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1825
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Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1825
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John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Type: Birth
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03/05/1827
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Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/05/1828
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Johann Gungl, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1836
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Mexico attacks Alamo
Type: Event
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03/05/1836
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Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
Type: Event
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03/05/1840
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Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1843
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William F Sudds, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1845
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Alfonse Hasselmans, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1845
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Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
Type: Event
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03/05/1849
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Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president
Type: Event
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03/05/1850
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Daniel Brink Towner, composer
Type: Birth
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03/05/1852
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Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1853
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Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1853
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Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1853
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Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
Type: Death
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03/05/1856
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Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
Type: Event
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03/05/1856
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Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
Type: Event
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03/05/1862
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Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
Type: Event
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03/05/1864
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1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
Type: Event
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03/05/1867
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Theodor Z”ckler, German theologist (Stanislauer Anstalten)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1868
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Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/jurist/minister
Type: Birth
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03/05/1868
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Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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03/05/1868
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Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
Type: Event
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03/05/1868
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US Senate organizes to decide charges against Pres Andrew Johnson
Type: Event
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03/05/1869
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Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich
Type: Birth
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03/05/1870
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[B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1871
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Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126
Type: Birth
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03/05/1872
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George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains
Type: Event
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03/05/1873
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Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34
Type: Death
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03/05/1874
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Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1874
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Henry Travers, England, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1876
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Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70
Type: Death
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03/05/1877
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Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US president
Type: Event
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03/05/1877
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Malcolm D Whitman, tennis champ (US Open-1898)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1879
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Walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1886
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Paul Radmilovic, England, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1908)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1887
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Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1888
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Friedrich Schnack, German journalist/writer (Rosewood)
Type: Birth
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03/05/1889
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Frits Slomp, [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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03/05/1891
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Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Olsen and Johnson)
Type: Birth
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