378 Historic Events for March 7
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Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
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| 1040 |
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Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies
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| 1111 |
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Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
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| 1138 |
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Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king
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| 1274 |
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Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
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| 1305 |
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Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
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| 1530 |
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King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church
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| 1543 |
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Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
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| 1560 |
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Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
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| 1573 |
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Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty
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| 1574 |
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John Wilbye, composer
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| 1602 |
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Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
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| 1621 |
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Georg Neumark, composer
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| 1621 |
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John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
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| 1633 |
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Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
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| 1644 |
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Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies
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| 1659 |
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Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido and Aeneas)
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| 1663 |
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Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer
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| 1682 |
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Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke
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| 1693 |
Birth |
Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
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| 1696 |
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English king Willem III departs Netherlands
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| 1707 |
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Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
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| 1715 |
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Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling)
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| 1719 |
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Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
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| 1724 |
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Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
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