Historical Events In March - 16

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

1829  On March - 16 ohio authorizes high school night classes  

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

1830  On March - 16 new York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)  

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  On March - 16 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  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 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 March - 16.  

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  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1850  Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published on March - 16.  

1856  On March - 16 e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince  

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

1861  Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  On March - 16 battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)  

1867  On this day in history 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 March - 16.  

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

1869  On this day in history 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  On March - 16 1st fertilizer law enacted  

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

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  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

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

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  On March - 16 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 this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.  

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

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

1322  On this day in history 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 March - 16.  

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

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45