Page 3: Historical Events In March - 08

1861  On March - 08 st Augustine FL surrenders to Union armies   

1861  On this day in history st Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies   

1862  Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor   

1862  Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds on March - 08.   

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 08 naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor   

1865  Battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) on this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer   

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on March - 08.   

1872  Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74   

1876  Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) on this day in history.   

1879  M Lichnowsky, writer on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history manuel Gomez Carillo, composer   

1884  On March - 08 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite   

1886  On this day in history anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis)   

1887  On this day in history everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes   

1887  On this day in history the telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.   

1887  Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.   

1887  On March - 08 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73   

1888  On this day in history stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)   

1889  Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business) on this day in history.   

1889  On March - 08 jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85   

1890  Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)   

1892  Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) on March - 08.   

1894  On this day in history a dog license law was enacted in the state of New York.   

1894  On March - 08 new York passes first state dog license law   

1894  The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law on March - 08.   

1896  On this day in history volunteers of America forms (NYC)   

1898  Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen on March - 08.   

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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 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  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

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  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

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 March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55