Historical Events In March - 04

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

1801  1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson) on March - 04.  

1804  On March - 04 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  On this day in history karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies  

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

1809  Madison becomes first President inaugurated in American-made clothes on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes  

1813  On March - 04 wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked)  

1819  On this day in history charles Oberthur, composer  

1824  On this day in history 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 March - 04 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  On this day in history john Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

1828  On this day in history elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1829  Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball on March - 04.  

1829  Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President on March - 04.  

1830  On this day in history v Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice  

1831  Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on March - 04.  

1834  On this day in history peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer  

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

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

1835  Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars) on this day in history.  

1837  City of Chicago incorporates on March - 04.  

1837  Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President on March - 04.  

1837  On this day in history weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American  

1838  Paul Lacome, composer on March - 04.  

1839  On this day in history ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72  

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

1841  Dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London on March - 04.  

1841  On this day in history kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)  

1844  On this day in history josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother)  

1845  James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President on March - 04.  

1845  James K Polk inaugrated at 11th president on March - 04.  

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery  

1492  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)  

1678  On March - 04 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 this day in history death of pope Lucius I  

0480  On March - 04 death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on March - 04.  

1484  On March - 04 kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1496  On this day in history death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)