Historical Events In March - 16

1827  1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing on this day in history.   

1829  On March - 16 ohio authorizes high school night classes   

1830  London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) forms on this day in history.   

1830  New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history london's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)   

1832  On this day in history charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer)   

1833  On this day in history susan Hayhurst becomes first US woman grad of a pharmacy college   

1833  Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands   

1836  Texas approves a constitution on March - 16.   

1836  Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car) on this day in history.   

1838  On March - 16 nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

1839  On March - 16 rené F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)   

1841  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1843  James Douglas 1803-1877 starts construction of Fort Camosun [Victoria]; first Hudson's Bay Company post on Vancouver Island on March - 16.   

1843  On March - 16 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65   

1849  James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger on March - 16.   

1850  Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published on this day in history.   

1856  E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince on March - 16.   

1861  On March - 16 arizona Territory votes to leave the Union   

1861  On March - 16 confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain   

1862  On March - 16 battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles   

1862  On this day in history battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles   

1862  Battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)   

1867  First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet on this day in history.   

1867  Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1868  On March - 16 maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS]   

1869  On March - 16 hiram R Revels makes the first official speech by a black in the Senate   

1869  Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate on March - 16.   

1871  1st fertilizer law enacted on this day in history.   

1872  The first FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton on March - 16.   

1872  On this day in history 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

1872  On this day in history the first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.   

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45