Page 2: Historical Events In June - 23
Saturday, 21 March 2026
1775 inaugural regatta held on Thames, England 

1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England 

1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress 

1780 American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township 

1784 inaugural US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren). 

1784 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren). 

1794 Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev. 

1801 Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863. 

1801 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58 

1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 

1810 Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina. 

1817 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63. 

1818 Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81). 

1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang 

1822 Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 

1824 Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer. 

1833 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73 

1837 Ernest Guiraud, composer 

1838 Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 

1846 George Sax, inventor (saxophone) 

1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris. 

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone 

1848 Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone) 

1852 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer. 

1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use. 

1855 Maude Valerie White, composer. 

1858 William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician 

1859 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses) 

1860 Congress establishes the Government Printing Office. 

1860 US Secret Service created 

1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office. 

1863 Tullahoma campaign, TN. 

1865 At Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army 

1865 At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army. 

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