The Phenomenon of March 19: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1740  Johann Georg Roser, composer   

1742  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet.   

1745  Nicolas Sejan, composer   

1747  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   

1752  Jose Mauricio, composer   

1767  Leonhard von Call, composer   

1775  4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy).   

1775  Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement   

1777  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat.   

1782  Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59   

1785  Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer   

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

1796  Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33   

1797  Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58.   

1799  Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna.   

1803  Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar.   

1809  Fredrik Pacius, composer   

1811  Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

1813  Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade is born   

1813  David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (are discovered by Stanley in Africa).   

1816  Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer.   

1817  Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862.   

1819  David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers).   

1822  Boston, Mass incorporated as a city.   

1823  Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)   

1827  Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911.   

1831  In the inaugural 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 $245000   

1831  1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245000)   

1837  Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

1844  Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)   

1845  Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician.   

1845  George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56   

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