Historical Events In March - 15

1842  On March - 15 maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81  

1844  Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test) on March - 15.  

1848  On March - 15 a revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.  

1851  Jozef Surzynski, composer on March - 15.  

1852  On this day in history augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress  

1855  On March - 15 louisiana establishes first health board to regulate quarantine  

1855  Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding)  

1862  General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN on this day in history.  

1862  On March - 15 gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN  

1864  Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria LA on March - 15.  

1864  Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA on this day in history.  

1864  Johan Halvorsen, composer on March - 15.  

1867  Michigan becomes first state to tax property to support a university on this day in history.  

1867  Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university on this day in history.  

1867  Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems) on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team  

1871  On this day in history betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs)  

1873  On March - 15 david Vaughan Thomas, composer  

1874  On this day in history harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician  

1875  On this day in history first US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested  

1875  1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history commencement of first Test Cricket, Australia vs England at MCG  

1877  Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG on March - 15.  

1878  On March - 15 hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)  

1879  Gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity) on this day in history.  

1880  On March - 15 jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51  

1881  On March - 15 emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42  

1883  On this day in history karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55  

1884  Rudolf Piskacek, composer on this day in history.  

1885  1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns" on March - 15.  

1887  On March - 15 michigan appoints first salaried game and fish warden in US(William Alden Smith)  

1887  1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history 6 US and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die  

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)  

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on March - 15.  

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

1493  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France was born on March - 15.  

1591  On this day in history birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)  

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China  

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on this day in history.  

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

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on this day in history.  

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