383 Historic Events for March 5
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| 1795 |
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Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
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| 1795 |
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Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
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| 1805 |
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Theodore Labarre, composer
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| 1807 |
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1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
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| 1817 |
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Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
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| 1820 |
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Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
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| 1821 |
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Monroe is 1st pres inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
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| 1824 |
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Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
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| 1824 |
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James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier and Ives)
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| 1825 |
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Joseph Albert, German photographer (albertotype)
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| 1825 |
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John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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| 1827 |
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Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
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| 1828 |
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Johann Gungl, composer
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| 1836 |
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Mexico attacks Alamo
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| 1836 |
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Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
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| 1840 |
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Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
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| 1843 |
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William F Sudds, composer
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| 1845 |
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Alfonse Hasselmans, composer
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| 1845 |
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Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
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| 1849 |
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Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president
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| 1850 |
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Daniel Brink Towner, composer
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| 1852 |
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Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
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| 1853 |
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Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)
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| 1853 |
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Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
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| 1853 |
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Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
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