Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On March - 08 willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

1777  On this day in history regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  Friedrich August Kanne, composer on March - 08.   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on this day in history.   

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on this day in history.   

1790  On March - 08 the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  On this day in history simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889   

1801  On this day in history british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

1813  On this day in history 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1815  On March - 08 in Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread   

1817  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

1825  On March - 08 george William Martin, composer   

1828  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1836  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1838  On this day in history uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  On this day in history james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)   

1840  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

1841  On this day in history oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

1843  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

1844  On this day in history king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on this day in history.   

1854  On March - 08 uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  On March - 08 tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)   

1855  A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on this day in history.   

1855  A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history the Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains   

1855  On March - 08 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'   

1859  On this day in history kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  On this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.