Page 2: Historical Events In March - 07

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

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

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

1663  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer on March - 07.   

1682  Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke on this day in history.   

1693  On March - 07 clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)   

1696  On this day in history english King Willem III departs Netherlands   

1700  On March - 07 william Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation   

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 March - 07.   

1727  Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia on March - 07.   

1731  Jean-Louis Laruette, composer on March - 07.   

1737  Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79 on March - 07.   

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 March - 07.   

1762  Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company) on this day in history.   

1765  Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground on March - 07.   

1769  On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer   

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  Tommaso Marchesi, composer on March - 07.   

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

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

1792  Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on this day in history.   

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0189  Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born on March - 07.   

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

1543  Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) was born on March - 07.   

1556  On March - 07 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  On this day in history birth of georg Neumark, composer   

1659  Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on this day in history.   

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

0203  On this day in history death of perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)   

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

0851  Death of Nominoe, Duke of Brittany on March - 07.   

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

1226  On this day in history 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 this day in history gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78