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 this day in history battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal   

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

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

1862  On March - 08 joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds   

1862  On March - 08 adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

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

1865  Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer on March - 08.   

1869  On this day in history louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65   

1872  Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer on March - 08.   

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on March - 08.   

1876  Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) on March - 08.   

1879  On March - 08 m Lichnowsky, writer   

1883  Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer on this day in history.   

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

1886  Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) on March - 08.   

1887  Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on March - 08.   

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

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

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste) on this day in history.   

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

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1890  Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher on March - 08.   

1891  On March - 08 sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)   

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

1894  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1896  Volunteers of America forms (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

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

1286  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On this day in history 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  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  On March - 08 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 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  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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