Historical Events In March - 19

1734  Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] on March - 19.   

1740  Johann Georg Roser, composer on this day in history.   

1742  On March - 19 zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet   

1745  On March - 19 nicolas Sejan, composer   

1747  On this day in history quebec Quebec, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere 1685-1752 appointed Governor of New France   

1748  On March - 19 english Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US   

1752  On March - 19 jose Mauricio, composer   

1767  Leonhard von Call, composer on March - 19.   

1775  On this day in history 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)   

1775  On March - 19 poland &Prussia sign trade agreement   

1777  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59   

1785  On this day in history pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer   

1790  Supply ship HMS Sirius, one of the vessels in the First Fleet to Australia, is wrecked on Norfolk Island en route to pick up supplies on March - 19.   

1796  On this day in history stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33   

1797  On March - 19 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

1799  Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1803  Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer   

1811  Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on March - 19.   

1813  The birth of Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade on March - 19.   

1813  David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer   

1817  On March - 19 lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1819  David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1821  Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history boston, Mass incorporated as a city   

1823  On March - 19 cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)   

1827  Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911 on March - 19.   

1831  In the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000 on this day in history.   

1831  1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.   

1837  Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

1844  Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician   

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1434  On March - 19 birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  On this day in history birth of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)   

1503  Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  On March - 19 birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

1601  Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)   

1610  On this day in history birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on March - 19.   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on March - 19.   

1279  Death of Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) on March - 19.   

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

1330  On March - 19 death of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)   

1406  Death of Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) on this day in history.   

1556  On this day in history lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70   

1623  Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) on March - 19.