417 Historic Events for March 6
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| 1831 |
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Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
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| 1831 |
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Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
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| 1831 |
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Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
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| 1831 |
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Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
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| 1834 |
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Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Charles Ewing, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Ludwik Grossman, composer
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| 1836 |
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3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
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| 1836 |
Death |
Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
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| 1836 |
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HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
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| 1838 |
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Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna
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| 1843 |
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Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)
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| 1846 |
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Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]
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| 1851 |
Death |
Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63
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| 1851 |
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Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London
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| 1852 |
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Joseph Bayer, composer
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| 1853 |
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Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice
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| 1854 |
Death |
Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80
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| 1855 |
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Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
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| 1857 |
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Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
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| 1861 |
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Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
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| 1865 |
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President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
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