Historical Events In March - 04

1801  Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US President inaugurated in Washington, D.C on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history 1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)  

1804  On this day in history the Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising.  

1804  Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies on March - 04.  

1805  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1809  On March - 04 madison becomes first President inaugurated in American-made clothes  

1809  Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes on this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked)  

1819  On March - 04 charles Oberthur, composer  

1824  On March - 04 the "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.  

1825  On this day in history john Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th President  

1826  The first US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA on March - 04.  

1826  On this day in history 1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass  

1826  John Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on March - 04.  

1828  On March - 04 elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1829  On this day in history unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball  

1829  On this day in history andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President  

1830  On March - 04 v Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice  

1831  On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82  

1834  Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer on March - 04.  

1835  On March - 04 hMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepción  

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion  

1835  On this day in history giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars)  

1837  City of Chicago incorporates on March - 04.  

1837  On this day in history martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President  

1837  Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American on March - 04.  

1838  On March - 04 paul Lacome, composer  

1839  On March - 04 ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72  

1841  Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison on March - 04.  

1841  On this day in history dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London  

1841  Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl) on March - 04.  

1844  Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother) on this day in history.  

1845  James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President on this day in history.  

1845  James K Polk inaugrated at 11th president on this day in history.  

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1188  On this day in history birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on this day in history.  

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

1610  William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646) was born on March - 04.  

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

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.  

1678  On this day in history birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)  

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

0251  On March - 04 death of pope Lucius I  

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

1172  On March - 04 stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

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

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on March - 04.  

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

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on March - 04.  

1496  Death of Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427) on this day in history.