Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On this day in history willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

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  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

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

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre   

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 March - 08.   

1790  On this day in history the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

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 March - 08 first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1813  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1817  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

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

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

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

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

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

1854  On March - 08 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 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 this day in history.   

1855  The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains on March - 08.   

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

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

1859  On March - 08 kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

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  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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