388 Historic Events for May 7
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| 1736 |
Death |
John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
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| 1748 |
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French troops conquer Maastricht
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| 1763 |
Birth |
Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
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| 1765 |
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Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
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| 1769 |
Birth |
Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
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| 1771 |
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Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
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| 1775 |
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Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
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| 1776 |
Birth |
D niel Berzsenyi, [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet
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| 1789 |
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1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)
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| 1792 |
Death |
Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
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| 1792 |
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Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
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| 1793 |
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Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
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| 1793 |
Death |
Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)
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| 1800 |
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Indiana Territory organized
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| 1800 |
Death |
Niccol• Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
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| 1800 |
Death |
Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
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| 1803 |
Birth |
Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)
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| 1814 |
Death |
Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
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| 1818 |
Death |
Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
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| 1824 |
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Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
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| 1825 |
Death |
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
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| 1826 |
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Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905
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| 1827 |
Birth |
Charles T H Coster, Belgian literary (L‚gendes Flamandes) [or Aug 20]
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