Page 3: Historical Events In March - 05

1824  On March - 05 elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc   

1825  On this day in history john Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1827  On March - 05 alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82   

1828  On March - 05 johann Gungl, composer   

1836  Mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model   

1836  Mexico attacks Alamo on this day in history.   

1840  On March - 05 constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)   

1842  On March - 05 over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.   

1843  William F Sudds, composer on this day in history.   

1845  Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US on March - 05.   

1845  On this day in history alfonse Hasselmans, composer   

1848  Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance on March - 05.   

1849  Zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president on March - 05.   

1849  On this day in history zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president   

1850  The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened on this day in history.   

1850  Daniel Brink Towner, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On March - 05 isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)   

1853  Arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) on March - 05.   

1853  On this day in history georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75   

1856  Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire on March - 05.   

1856  On this day in history georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads   

1860  Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia on March - 05.   

1862  On March - 05 union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL   

1862  Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida on March - 05.   

1864  The first track meet between Oxford & Cambridge on this day in history.   

1864  1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge on this day in history.   

1868  Stapler patented in England by C H Gould on March - 05.   

1868  US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson on this day in history.   

1868  Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/jurist/minister   

1869  Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich on March - 05.   

1870  On March - 05 [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)   

1871  Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126 on March - 05.   

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1133  On this day in history birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on this day in history.   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on March - 05.   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on March - 05.   

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  On March - 05 birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  On March - 05 birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  On March - 05 lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

1534  Death of Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on March - 05.   

1576  On this day in history don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70   

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on March - 05.