Historical Events In March - 08

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

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

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre  

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

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on March - 08.  

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on March - 08.  

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 March - 08.  

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

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 March - 08.  

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

1825  On this day in history george William Martin, composer  

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 March - 08 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  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  On this day in history king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.  

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) on March - 08.  

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 March - 08 tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)  

1855  On March - 08 a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls  

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

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  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  On this day in history kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)  

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.  

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer  

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

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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