Births on March 17

Cornelia Clapp

Born on March 17, 1849

Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (d. 1934)

Cornelia Maria Clapp (March 17, 1849 – December 31, 1934) was an American zoologist and academic specializing in marine biology. She was born in Montague, Massachusetts, the first daughter and oldest child of two teachers, and was rated as one of the top zoologists in the United States in her lifetime.Clapp attended Syracuse University and the University of Chicago, earning both the first and second Ph.D. degrees awarded to women in the United States, in 1889 from Syracuse and 1896 from Chicago. Mount Holyoke’s Cornelia Clapp Laboratory, built in 1924 to house the school’s biology classes, was named in her honor.

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Events on 1849

13 Feb

Franz Joseph I of Austria
The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
29 Mar

Punjab region
The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
14 Apr

Lajos Kossuth
Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
3 Jul

Italian unification
The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
17 Sep

Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.

Births on March 17

Cornelia Clapp

Born on March 17, 1849

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Events on 1849

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Punjab region

Lajos Kossuth

Italian unification

Harriet Tubman