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  Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens on March - 07.   

1663  On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer   

1682  On March - 07 johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke   

1693  On this day in history clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)   

1696  English King Willem III departs Netherlands on March - 07.   

1700  William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation on this day in history.   

1707  On March - 07 stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind   

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 this day in history 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 March - 07 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  On this day in history french troops conquer Maastricht   

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

1761  On this day in history antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68   

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 this day in history samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast.   

1771  On March - 07 samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada   

1773  On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer   

1774  On March - 07 british close port of Boston to all commerce   

1775  On March - 07 turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria   

1778  Captain James Cook sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay on March - 07.   

1778  On March - 07 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  On March - 07 alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)   

1786  On March - 07 frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76   

1789  The first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY) on March - 07.   

1789  The first U S inagural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs George Washington on March - 07.   

1792  Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on March - 07.   

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0189  Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born on this day in history.   

1481  On March - 07 birth of baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (d. 1537)   

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

1556  On this day in history birth of guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)   

1574  John Wilbye, composer was born on March - 07.   

1602  On March - 07 birth of kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)   

1621  Georg Neumark, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  On March - 07 birth of henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1111  Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies on March - 07.   

1226  Death of William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader on this day in history.   

1274  Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1305  Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 on March - 07.