Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

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

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  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1783  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

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

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on this day in history.   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

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 March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on March - 08.   

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  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on March - 08.   

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 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  The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' on this day in history.   

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

1293  On March - 08 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  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 this day in history.   

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