Page 2: Historical Events In March - 07

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

1660  Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni on March - 07.   

1663  On March - 07 theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens   

1663  On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer   

1682  Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke on March - 07.   

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 March - 07.   

1707  Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind on March - 07.   

1719  On March - 07 michel-Philippe Isabeau starts to build Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The fortress takes 25 years to build.   

1719  Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried on March - 07.   

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

1727  On March - 07 jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia   

1731  On this day in history jean-Louis Laruette, composer   

1737  On March - 07 guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79   

1748  French troops conquer Maastricht on March - 07.   

1750  On this day in history cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52   

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

1762  On March - 07 sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)   

1765  On this day in history admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground   

1769  On March - 07 josef Alois Ladurner, composer   

1771  Samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast on this day in history.   

1771  Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada on March - 07.   

1773  On March - 07 tommaso Marchesi, composer   

1774  On March - 07 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  Continental Navy frigate Randolph (32 guns) engages HMS Yarmouth (64). Randolph explodes and sinks with the loss of all but 4 men on this day in history.   

1778  Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay on March - 07.   

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

1786  On this day in history 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  On March - 07 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 this day in history 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  On March - 07 birth of john Wilbye, composer   

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

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

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

0161  Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

0203  Death of Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209) on this day in history.   

0308  On March - 07 death of saint Eubulus, Christian martyr   

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

1111  On March - 07 bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies   

1226  On March - 07 death of william de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader   

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

1305  On March - 07 gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78