Page 2: Historical Events In March - 07

1659  On this day in history henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

1660  On March - 07 isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni   

1663  On this day in history theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens   

1663  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer on March - 07.   

1682  On this day in history johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke   

1693  Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69) on this day in history.   

1696  English King Willem III departs Netherlands on this day in history.   

1700  William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation on March - 07.   

1707  Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind on this day in history.   

1719  On this day in history michel-Philippe Isabeau starts to build Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The fortress takes 25 years to build.   

1719  On March - 07 steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried   

1724  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia   

1731  On March - 07 jean-Louis Laruette, composer   

1737  Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1748  French troops conquer Maastricht on this day in history.   

1750  Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52 on March - 07.   

1761  Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)   

1765  On March - 07 admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground   

1769  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer on this day in history.   

1771  On March - 07 samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast.   

1771  Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer   

1774  On this day in history british close port of Boston to all commerce   

1775  Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria on March - 07.   

1778  On this day in history captain James Cook sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay   

1778  On this day in history continental Navy frigate Randolph (32 guns) engages HMS Yarmouth (64). Randolph explodes and sinks with the loss of all but 4 men.   

1778  On March - 07 capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay   

1785  Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) on this day in history.   

1786  Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76 on March - 07.   

1789  On March - 07 the first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY)   

1789  The first U S inagural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs George Washington on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

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0189  On this day in history birth of publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211)   

1481  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537) was born on March - 07.   

1543  On March - 07 birth of johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)   

1556  On March - 07 birth of guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)   

1574  On this day in history birth of john Wilbye, composer   

1602  Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) was born on March - 07.   

1621  On this day in history birth of georg Neumark, composer   

1659  Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on March - 07.   

0161  On March - 07 antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74   

0203  On March - 07 death of perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)   

0308  Death of Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr on March - 07.   

0851  Death of Nominoe, Duke of Brittany on this day in history.   

1111  On this day in history bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies   

1226  Death of William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader on March - 07.   

1274  On this day in history thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48   

1305  On this day in history gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78