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  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer  

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

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre  

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

1783  On this day in history 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  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 March - 08 first concerto of Royal Philharmonic  

1813  On this day in history 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic  

1815  On this day in history 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  George William Martin, composer on this day in history.  

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

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  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on March - 08.  

1840  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on this day in history.  

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

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

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)  

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  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  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  On March - 08 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls  

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

1859  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

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 March - 08 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 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  On March - 08 death of wincenty Kadłubek, 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 this day in history.  

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.