Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

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

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

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on this day in history.   

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

1783  On March - 08 gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

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  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on March - 08.   

1801  British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

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

1836  On March - 08 matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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 this day in history.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on March - 08.   

1843  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

1844  King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.   

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

1853  On March - 08 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  On this day in history a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

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

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 March - 08.   

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

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  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

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

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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

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

1466  On March - 08 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