378 Historic Events for March 7
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| 1731 |
Birth |
Jean-Louis Laruette, composer
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| 1737 |
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Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
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| 1750 |
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Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
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| 1761 |
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Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
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| 1762 |
Birth |
Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)
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| 1765 |
Birth |
Joseph N Ni‚pce, French inventor (photography)
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| 1769 |
Birth |
Josef Alois Ladurner, composer
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| 1773 |
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Tommaso Marchesi, composer
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| 1774 |
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British close port of Boston to all commerce
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| 1778 |
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Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
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| 1785 |
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Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
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| 1786 |
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Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76
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| 1792 |
Birth |
John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
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| 1797 |
Birth |
Karl Schwencke, composer
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| 1799 |
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Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)
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| 1801 |
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Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
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| 1802 |
Death |
Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50
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| 1804 |
Death |
John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
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| 1807 |
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Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)
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| 1808 |
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Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
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| 1809 |
Death |
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
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| 1810 |
Death |
Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48
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| 1811 |
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Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer
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| 1813 |
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Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)
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| 1820 |
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Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
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