Page 2: Historical Events In March - 19
Thursday, 08 January 2026
1734 Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] on this day in history. 

1740 Johann Georg Roser, composer on March - 19. 

1742 Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet on March - 19. 

1745 On March - 19 nicolas Sejan, composer 

1747 On this day in history quebec Quebec, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere 1685-1752 appointed Governor of New France 

1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US on March - 19. 

1752 Jose Mauricio, composer on March - 19. 

1767 On this day in history leonhard von Call, composer 

1775 On March - 19 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 

1775 Poland &Prussia sign trade agreement on this day in history. 

1777 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat on this day in history. 

1782 On March - 19 adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59 

1785 On this day in history pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer 

1790 Supply ship HMS Sirius, one of the vessels in the First Fleet to Australia, is wrecked on Norfolk Island en route to pick up supplies on this day in history. 

1796 On March - 19 stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 

1797 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on March - 19. 

1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna on March - 19. 

1803 On March - 19 johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar 

1809 Fredrik Pacius, composer on March - 19. 

1811 On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 

1813 The birth of Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade on this day in history. 

1813 David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) on this day in history. 

1816 On this day in history johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer 

1817 On this day in history lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 

1819 On March - 19 david Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 

1821 Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers) on March - 19. 

1822 Boston, Mass incorporated as a city on March - 19. 

1823 On March - 19 cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) 

1827 On March - 19 alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911 

1831 On March - 19 in the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000 

1831 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history. 

1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on March - 19. 

1844 On March - 19 ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) 

1845 On March - 19 willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician 

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