Historical Events In March - 16
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1827 On March - 16 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes on March - 16.
1830 London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) forms on March - 16.
1830 New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history london's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
1832 Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer) on this day in history.
1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes first US woman grad of a pharmacy college on March - 16.
1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college on March - 16.
1834 On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands
1836 On this day in history texas approves a constitution
1836 Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car) on this day in history.
1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1839 René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) on March - 16.
1841 On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
1843 James Douglas 1803-1877 starts construction of Fort Camosun [Victoria]; first Hudson's Bay Company post on Vancouver Island on March - 16.
1843 On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
1849 On this day in history james E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published on March - 16.
1856 E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince on March - 16.
1861 On this day in history arizona Territory votes to leave the Union
1861 Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain on this day in history.
1862 On March - 16 battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles
1862 On March - 16 battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles
1862 On this day in history battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles
1865 Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) on this day in history.
1867 On March - 16 first publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet.
1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS]
1869 On this day in history hiram R Revels makes the first official speech by a black in the Senate
1869 Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate on this day in history.
1871 1st fertilizer law enacted on this day in history.
1872 On March - 16 the first FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton
1872 On this day in history 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton
1872 The first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton on March - 16.
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