Page 3: Historical Events In March - 08

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

1861  St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 08 battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal   

1862  Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched on March - 08.   

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

1862  Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds on this day in history.   

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 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   

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

1865  On this day in history battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

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  On March - 08 franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)   

1879  On March - 08 m Lichnowsky, writer   

1883  On March - 08 manuel Gomez Carillo, composer   

1884  On this day in history 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite   

1886  On March - 08 anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis)   

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

1887  On March - 08 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 March - 08 stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)   

1889  On March - 08 oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business)   

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  Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 08 mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)   

1894  A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York on March - 08.   

1894  New York passes first state dog license law on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history the state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law.   

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

1898  Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen on this day in history.   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.   

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  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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

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 March - 08.   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

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

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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