Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On this day in history willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

1777  On March - 08 regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  Friedrich August Kanne, composer on March - 08.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on this day in history.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on this day in history.   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1783  On this day in history gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on this day in history.   

1790  On March - 08 the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on March - 08.   

1801  On this day in history british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1813  On this day in history 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1815  In Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread on this day in history.   

1817  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history george William Martin, composer   

1828  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1836  On March - 08 matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1838  On this day in history uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on March - 08.   

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on March - 08.   

1843  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On this day in history karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

1853  On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)   

1854  On this day in history uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  On this day in history tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)   

1855  A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on March - 08.   

1855  A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY on this day in history.   

1855  The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains on March - 08.   

1855  1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on March - 08.   

1859  The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' on March - 08.   

1859  Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) on this day in history.   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

1403  On this day in history bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55