Historical Events In March - 04

1681  On March - 04 king Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn  

1699  On March - 04 jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany  

1719  On this day in history aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter  

1741  On this day in history english fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena  

1742  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer on this day in history.  

1745  On March - 04 charles Dibdin, English composer (d.1814)  

1747  On March - 04 casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general  

1754  On this day in history benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)  

1757  On March - 04 ignaz Malzat, composer  

1765  On March - 04 charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized)  

1766  On March - 04 emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)  

1773  Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history first sighting of Orion nebula  

1774  1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history the American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.  

1782  Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson) on March - 04.  

1789  First Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives) on March - 04.  

1789  First Congress of the United States held in New York on March - 04.  

1789  On this day in history 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)  

1789  On this day in history pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch  

1790  On March - 04 france is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.  

1791  President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session on this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.  

1791  On this day in history 1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office  

1792  Oranges introduced to Hawaii on March - 04.  

1793  On March - 04 french troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands  

1793  On March - 04 president Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)  

1793  On this day in history french troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth  

1793  Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1794  On this day in history henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21  

1797  John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US on this day in history.  

1798  On March - 04 catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews  

1798  On March - 04 john Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1877  

1801  The first President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson) on this day in history.  

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1188  Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252) was born on March - 04.  

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on March - 04.  

1492  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)  

1651  On this day in history birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.  

1702  Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724) was born on March - 04.  

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on this day in history.  

0480  On this day in history death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on March - 04.  

1193  On March - 04 death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1238  On March - 04 death of joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)  

1303  On March - 04 death of daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)  

1484  On this day in history kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1496  On March - 04 death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)