383 Historic Events for March 5
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| 1658 |
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
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| 1668 |
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Francesco Gasparini, composer
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| 1684 |
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Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
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| 1696 |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice)
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| 1732 |
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Joseph-Fran‡ois Salomon, composer, dies at 82
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| 1733 |
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Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
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| 1743 |
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1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
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| 1746 |
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Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
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| 1746 |
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Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
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| 1748 |
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William Shield, composer
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| 1750 |
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1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
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| 1750 |
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Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
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| 1751 |
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Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
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| 1756 |
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Thomas Linley, composer
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| 1760 |
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Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
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| 1766 |
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Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
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| 1770 |
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Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre
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| 1770 |
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Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
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| 1770 |
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Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a US Senator (Mississippi)
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| 1774 |
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Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
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| 1778 |
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Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
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| 1783 |
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King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
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| 1794 |
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Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer
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| 1794 |
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R mon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62
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| 1795 |
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Josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42
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