Page 3: Historical Events In March - 16

1827  1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing on March - 16.   

1829  On this day in history 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 March - 16.   

1830  On March - 16 london's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)   

1832  Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer) on March - 16.   

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

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 March - 16.   

1836  Texas approves a constitution on March - 16.   

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

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

1839  René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) on March - 16.   

1841  On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

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

1843  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1856  E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince on this day in history.   

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

1861  On March - 16 confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain   

1862  Battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles on March - 16.   

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

1862  Battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles on March - 16.   

1865  Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) on this day in history.   

1867  On March - 16 first publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet.   

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

1868  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history 1st fertilizer law enacted   

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

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

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

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  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

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

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

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

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

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

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