Page 3: Historical Events In March - 16

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

1829  Ohio authorizes high school night classes on March - 16.   

1830  London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) forms on March - 16.   

1830  New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) on March - 16.   

1830  London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) on March - 16.   

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

1833  Susan Hayhurst becomes first US woman grad of a pharmacy college on March - 16.   

1833  Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college on March - 16.   

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands on this day in history.   

1836  Texas approves a constitution on this day in history.   

1836  On March - 16 andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)   

1838  On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

1839  René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) on this day in history.   

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

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

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on March - 16.   

1849  On March - 16 james E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger   

1850  On March - 16 nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published   

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

1861  On this day in history arizona Territory votes to leave the Union   

1861  Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain on March - 16.   

1862  On this day in history 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 March - 16 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 March - 16.   

1868  Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS] on March - 16.   

1869  Hiram R Revels makes the first official speech by a black in the Senate on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate   

1871  1st fertilizer law enacted on March - 16.   

1872  On March - 16 the first FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

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

1872  On March - 16 the first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On March - 16 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  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

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

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

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