389 Historic Events for March 8
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| 1728 |
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Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64
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| 1734 |
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Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33
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| 1743 |
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Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer
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| 1746 |
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Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen
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| 1748 |
Birth |
Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau
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| 1754 |
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Don Jos‚ de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
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| 1754 |
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Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain
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| 1766 |
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Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces
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| 1778 |
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Friedrich August Kanne, composer
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| 1782 |
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Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians
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| 1783 |
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Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer
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| 1783 |
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Hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)
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| 1787 |
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Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery
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| 1799 |
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Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889
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| 1801 |
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British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
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| 1813 |
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1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic
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| 1815 |
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Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer
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| 1825 |
Birth |
George William Martin, composer
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| 1828 |
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Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75
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| 1836 |
Birth |
Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)
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| 1838 |
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US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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| 1839 |
Birth |
James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor
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| 1841 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)
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| 1843 |
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Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer
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