Historical Events In March - 15

1729  Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans on March - 15.  

1731  On this day in history adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75  

1733  Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized on March - 15.  

1744  French King Louis XV declares war on England on March - 15.  

1750  Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer on March - 15.  

1754  Silvestro Palma, composer on March - 15.  

1767  On this day in history the birth of Andrew Jackson, Twice President of the United States  

1767  On March - 15 andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)  

1778  On this day in history nootka Sound, BC Captain James Cook reaches the west coast of Vancouver Island with his ships Resolution and Discovery, on the way to search for a North West Passage from the Pacific; names the site Friendly Cove after a warm reception from local Nootka people  

1778  Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain Cook on this day in history.  

1778  Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook on March - 15.  

1779  On this day in history william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

1781  Battle of Guilford Court House, South Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses)  

1783  On this day in history in an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place.  

1790  Nicola Vaccai, composer on March - 15.  

1801  Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer on March - 15.  

1808  Gaetano Gaspari, composer on March - 15.  

1809  Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia on this day in history.  

1810  Aernout Drost, Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen) on this day in history.  

1811  On March - 15 robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886  

1812  On March - 15 first Russian settlement in California, Russian River  

1812  1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River on March - 15.  

1820  Maine admitted as 23rd state on March - 15.  

1820  On March - 15 clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751  

1824  On March - 15 branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)  

1827  Freedom's Journal, first Black newspaper, publishes on March - 15.  

1827  University of Toronto is chartered on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes  

1830  Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910) on March - 15.  

1831  On this day in history edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1835  On March - 15 eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance)  

1836  Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer on this day in history.  

1838  Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land) on this day in history.  

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on March - 15.  

1275  On March - 15 birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)  

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France  

1591  On March - 15 birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)  

1638  Shunzhi Emperor of China was born on March - 15.  

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on March - 15.  

1666  On March - 15 birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)  

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)  

0493  On this day in history odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies  

0752  On March - 15 zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]  

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on this day in history.  

1034  On this day in history mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies  

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on this day in history.  

1311  On March - 15 death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens  

1575  On this day in history death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)