Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

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

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  Friedrich August Kanne, composer on this day in history.   

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

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on March - 08.   

1783  On this day in history gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

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

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

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

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

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

1841  On this day in history oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

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

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

1854  On this day in history uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  On March - 08 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 March - 08 a train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY.   

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 this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history 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  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  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  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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