Page 3: Historical Events In March - 05

1824  Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82   

1828  Johann Gungl, composer on this day in history.   

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

1836  Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model on March - 05.   

1836  On March - 05 mexico attacks Alamo   

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

1842  Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande on this day in history.   

1843  William F Sudds, composer on March - 05.   

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

1845  Alfonse Hasselmans, composer on this day in history.   

1848  On March - 05 louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.   

1849  On March - 05 zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president.   

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 March - 05.   

1850  On March - 05 daniel Brink Towner, composer   

1852  On this day in history isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)   

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 March - 05.   

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

1856  On March - 05 georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads   

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

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  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  On this day in history stapler patented in England by C H Gould   

1868  US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson on March - 05.   

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  On March - 05 michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich   

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

1871  On March - 05 maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126   

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

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

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

1574  On March - 05 birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  On this day in history birth of johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague)   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on this day in history.   

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

1534  On March - 05 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  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1576  On March - 05 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