Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On this day in history 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  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer   

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

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on March - 08.   

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

1783  On March - 08 gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

1787  On this day in history karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

1790  The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

1815  On March - 08 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   

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

1825  On this day in history george William Martin, composer   

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

1836  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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

1839  On this day in history james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)   

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

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

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) on this day in history.   

1853  On March - 08 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)   

1854  US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1859  The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' on this day in history.   

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

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

1293  On March - 08 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  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

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

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.   

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55