Page 2: Historical Events In March - 11

1779  US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time).   

1781  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer   

1786  Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28.   

1787  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45.   

1789  Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC   

1791  Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the inaugural person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office   

1791  Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

1793  Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist   

1794  Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens.   

1795  Battle at Kurdla India Mahratten beat Mogols.   

1807  Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41.   

1810  Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise   

1810  Napoleon is married by proxy at Vienna to the Austrian archduchess Maria Luisa, 18, in a match arranged by Austrian foreign minister Metternich The "little corporal" hopes to father an heir.   

1811  Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers).   

1812  Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews   

1812  James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887   

1818  John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1819  Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery is born   

1819  Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)   

1820  Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81   

1822  Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1823  The inaugural normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT   

1823  1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt   

1824  US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.   

1824  US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair   

1826  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66   

1827  Septimus Winner, composer.   

1832  Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)   

1833  Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71   

1835  George Kingsmill sets up inaugural formal police force in Canada; High Constable of Toronto   

1835  HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile   

1840  Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863.   

1845  The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi   

1846  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet   

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1544  Torquato tasso: Italy, renaissance poet (aminta, apologia)   

1549  Hendrik l spieghel: Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  Henric spieghel: Dutch renaissance poet (hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac elsevier: Book publisher   

1654  Heinrich georg neuss: Composer   

1683  Giovanni veneziano: Composer   

1725  Henry benedict stuart: Pretender to the throne of great britain   

1731  Robert treat paine: Judge, signer (declaration of independence)   

0222  Death of Varius a bassianus: Syrian emperor of rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  Sophronius of jerusalem: Saint/patriarch of jerusalem,   

0859  Eulogius of cordoba: Spanish bishop and christian martyr   

1198  Death of Marie de champagne: Daughter of louis vii of france (b. 1145)   

1486  Death of Albrecht iii achilles: Elector of brandenburg,   

1514  Donato bramante: Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  Death of Matthias flacius: Croatian protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Emilio de' cavalieri: Italian composer