Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On March - 08 willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

1777  On this day in history 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  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre   

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

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1799  On March - 08 simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889   

1801  British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt on March - 08.   

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

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 March - 08.   

1817  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

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  US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) on March - 08.   

1839  On this day in history 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  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer on March - 08.   

1844  On March - 08 king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

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

1854  US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1855  The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains on this day in history.   

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  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

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  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer   

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

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

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

1466  On this day in history 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