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05/03/1764
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Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53
Type: Death
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05/03/1764
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Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
Type: Birth
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05/03/1765
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1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
Type: Event
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05/03/1773
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Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat
Type: Birth
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05/03/1774
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Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76
Type: Death
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05/03/1783
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Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49
Type: Death
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05/03/1792
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Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87
Type: Death
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05/03/1802
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Washington DC incorporates as a city
Type: Event
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05/03/1808
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Goya's "Executions of 3rd of May"
Type: Event
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05/03/1810
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Lord Byron swims Hellespont
Type: Event
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05/03/1815
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Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist
Type: Birth
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05/03/1815
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Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
Type: Event
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05/03/1816
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Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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05/03/1819
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Nicola De Giosa, composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1822
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Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)
Type: Event
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05/03/1826
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Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
Type: Birth
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05/03/1830
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1st regular steam train passenger service starts
Type: Event
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05/03/1839
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Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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05/03/1841
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Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74
Type: Death
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05/03/1844
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Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
Type: Birth
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05/03/1844
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Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1845
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Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
Type: Event
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05/03/1845
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1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
Type: Event
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05/03/1846
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Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
Type: Event
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05/03/1849
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Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1851
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Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
Type: Event
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05/03/1854
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William Beale, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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05/03/1855
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Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
Type: Event
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05/03/1856
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Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52
Type: Death
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05/03/1856
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Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
Type: Death
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05/03/1859
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Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1861
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Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
Type: Event
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05/03/1861
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Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen
Type: Event
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05/03/1861
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Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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05/03/1863
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Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
Type: Event
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05/03/1863
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Battle of Salem Church, VA
Type: Event
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05/03/1863
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Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws
Type: Event
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05/03/1863
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Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
Type: Death
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05/03/1864
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3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
Type: Event
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05/03/1867
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ValŠre-Gille, Belgian playwright (La Corbeille d'Octobre)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1867
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Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1868
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Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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05/03/1873
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[Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1873
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Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]
Type: Birth
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05/03/1874
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Fran‡ois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
Type: Birth
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05/03/1876
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John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1876
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Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
Type: Birth
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05/03/1881
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Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
Type: Death
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05/03/1886
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Marcel Dupr‚, French organist/composer
Type: Birth
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05/03/1886
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M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
Type: Event
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