Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on March - 08.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on March - 08.   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on March - 08.   

1787  On March - 08 karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

1790  On this day in history the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

1801  On March - 08 british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on this day in history.   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) on March - 08.   

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

1839  On March - 08 james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)   

1840  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on this day in history.   

1843  On March - 08 per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

1844  King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on March - 08.   

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  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1855  On this day in history 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

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

1859  On March - 08 kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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 March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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