Page 2: Historical Events In March - 15

1731  adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75.   

1733  Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized   

1744  French King Louis XV declares war on England   

1750  caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer.   

1754  silvestro Palma, composer.   

1767  Andrew Jackson, Twice President of the United States is born   

1767  Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)   

1778  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.   

1778  Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook   

1779  william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41).   

1781  battle of Guilford Court House, South Carolina (British suffer heavy losses).   

1781  Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses)   

1783  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.   

1801  coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer.   

1808  gaetano Gaspari, composer.   

1809  Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia   

1810  aernout Drost, Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen).   

1811  Robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886   

1812  inaugural Russian settlement in California, Russian River   

1812  1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River   

1820  Maine admitted as 23rd state   

1820  clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751.   

1824  branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising).   

1827  Freedom's Journal, inaugural Black newspaper, publishes   

1827  university of Toronto is chartered.   

1827  Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes   

1830  Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)   

1831  Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1835  eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance).   

1836  Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer   

1838  Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)   

1842  Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81   

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on this day in history.   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.   

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

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on March - 15.   

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

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

1666  On this day in history 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  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on this day in history.   

0963  On March - 15 romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25   

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.   

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on March - 15.   

1311  On this day in history death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens   

1575  Death of Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) on this day in history.