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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)
1786Feb, 16

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Павловна; 16 February 1786 [OS 5 February] – 23 June 1859) was the third daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. She was the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by her marriage to Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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    Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

    Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
  • 1May

    The Marriage of Figaro

    In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
  • 25Jun

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  • 8Aug

    Jacques Balmat

    Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
  • 11Aug

    Penang

    Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.