Today in History for May 1800

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Historical Events

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7th - Indiana Territory organized
14th - Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar
15th - King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt
15th - Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles

Famous Birthdays

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1st - Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
5th - Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
6th - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer
6th - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
9th - John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
10th - Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
17th - Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer
30th - Karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)

Famous Deaths

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7th - Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
7th - Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
18th - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
19th - French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged


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