378 Historic Events for March 7
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| 1822 |
Birth |
Victor Masse, composer
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| 1824 |
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Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice
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| 1827 |
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Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
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| 1831 |
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John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen
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| 1832 |
Birth |
Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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| 1833 |
Death |
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61
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| 1835 |
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HMS Beagle returns from Concepci¢n to Valparaiso
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| 1837 |
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Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
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| 1841 |
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Olegario V¡ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de c¢ndores)
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| 1842 |
Birth |
Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
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| 1842 |
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Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
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| 1843 |
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1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
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| 1844 |
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Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist
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| 1847 |
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US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
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| 1848 |
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In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
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| 1849 |
Birth |
Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist
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| 1850 |
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Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35)
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| 1851 |
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Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
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| 1852 |
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Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
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| 1854 |
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Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes
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| 1856 |
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Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
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| 1857 |
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Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
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| 1857 |
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Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
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| 1858 |
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Nikolai Artzibushev, composer
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