388 Historic Events for May 3
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| 1640 |
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English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
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| 1647 |
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John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
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| 1649 |
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Johann Valentin Meder, composer
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| 1654 |
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Fran‡ois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
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| 1654 |
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Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
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| 1660 |
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Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva
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| 1661 |
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Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
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| 1662 |
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Royal charter granted Connecticut
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| 1678 |
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French conquering fleet at Cura‡ao, 1200 die
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| 1691 |
Birth |
Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction … l'amour)
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| 1692 |
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Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
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| 1703 |
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Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
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| 1704 |
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59
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| 1707 |
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Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
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| 1708 |
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Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
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| 1715 |
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Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
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| 1722 |
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Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris
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| 1729 |
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Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
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| 1737 |
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Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
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| 1737 |
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Friedrich Schwindl, composer
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| 1742 |
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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
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| 1744 |
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Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
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| 1747 |
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Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
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| 1752 |
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Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
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| 1758 |
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Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
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