Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On March - 08 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  Friedrich August Kanne, composer on March - 08.  

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

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on this day in history.  

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

1783  On March - 08 gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer  

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 March - 08.  

1799  On this day in history simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889  

1801  On March - 08 british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt  

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic  

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

1825  George William Martin, composer on this day in history.  

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 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 March - 08 franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

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

1843  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer on March - 08.  

1844  King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on March - 08.  

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

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on this day in history.  

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

1854  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1859  On this day in history 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 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 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  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.  

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer  

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

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

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