Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces on March - 08.   

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

1778  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  On March - 08 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  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on this day in history.   

1790  The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on March - 08.   

1841  On March - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

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

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

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

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on March - 08.   

1854  On March - 08 uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on March - 08.   

1855  A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on this day in history.   

1855  A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1859  On this day in history 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  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  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 March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

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

1144  On this day in history 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 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  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.