Deaths on March 1

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

Died on March 1, 1841

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)

Claude Victor-Perrin, 1st Duke of Belluno (7 December 1764 – 1 March 1841) was a French soldier and military commander who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1807 by Emperor Napoleon I.

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Events on 1841

9 Mar

United States v. The Amistad
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
16 Aug

Second Bank of the United States
U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
24 Sep

Kingdom of Sarawak
The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
13 Nov

Hypnotism
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

Deaths on March 1

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

Died on March 1, 1841

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Events on 1841

United States v. The Amistad

Second Bank of the United States

Kingdom of Sarawak

Hypnotism