389 Historic Events for March 8
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| 1847 |
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Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)
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| 1853 |
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Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)
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| 1854 |
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US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
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| 1854 |
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Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)
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| 1855 |
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1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
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| 1857 |
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)
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| 1858 |
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Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples)
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| 1859 |
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Otto Taubmann, composer
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| 1859 |
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Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)
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| 1861 |
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St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies
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| 1862 |
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Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1,000 slaves
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| 1862 |
Death |
Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal
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| 1862 |
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Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor
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| 1862 |
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Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds
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| 1862 |
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Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched
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| 1865 |
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Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer
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| 1865 |
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Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
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| 1869 |
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Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer
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| 1874 |
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Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74
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| 1876 |
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Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)
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| 1879 |
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M Lichnowsky, writer
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| 1879 |
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Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium)
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| 1883 |
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Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer
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