Page 3: Historical Events In March - 05

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

1825  John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1827  Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1828  On this day in history johann Gungl, composer   

1836  On March - 05 mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle   

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

1836  On March - 05 mexico attacks Alamo   

1840  On this day in history 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  On March - 05 william F Sudds, composer   

1845  On March - 05 congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US   

1845  On March - 05 alfonse Hasselmans, composer   

1848  On this day in history louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.   

1849  On this day in history zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president.   

1849  Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 05 the Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.   

1850  On this day in history daniel Brink Towner, composer   

1852  Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) on March - 05.   

1853  On this day in history arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)   

1853  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  On March - 05 covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire   

1856  Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads on March - 05.   

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

1862  Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL on this day in history.   

1862  Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history the first track meet between Oxford & Cambridge   

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  On March - 05 uS Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson   

1868  Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan on March - 05.   

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

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

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

1871  On this day in history maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126   

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

1326  On this day in history birth of louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)   

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

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

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

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.   

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

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

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

1534  On this day in history death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

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

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69