Page 3: Historical Events In March - 16

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

1829  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history texas approves a constitution   

1836  On this day in history andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

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  1st fertilizer law enacted on March - 16.   

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

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

1872  The first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton on this day in history.   

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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 March - 16.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

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  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

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

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.