Page 3: Historical Events In March - 19

1845  On March - 19 george Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56   

1847  Constantin Dimitrescu, composer on this day in history.   

1848  On March - 19 the birth of Wyatt Earp, American Lawman   

1848  On this day in history wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)   

1850  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1851  On March - 19 roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14)   

1855  The vehicular suspension bridge across the Niagara Gorge (built in 1848) is strengthened for the passage of railway trains. The original wooden trusses were replaced by steel in 1880 on March - 19.   

1859  Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris on March - 19.   

1860  William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman on March - 19.   

1861  On this day in history maori War in New Zealand ends with Maori surrender   

1861  On March - 19 the First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.   

1862  On this day in history f Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73   

1863  The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence on March - 19.   

1864  Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris on March - 19.   

1865  On March - 19 battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC   

1866  On this day in history immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die   

1866  On March - 19 louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57   

1869  On this day in history guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64   

1870  The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan on March - 19.   

1871  On March - 19 minister of Inland Revenue Alexander Morris 1826-1889 introduces Act to legalize metric system in Canada   

1871  Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director   

1873  On March - 19 max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)   

1874  Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along) on March - 19.   

1876  Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1877  Australia beat England by 45 runs in very first Test match on March - 19.   

1877  On March - 19 australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match   

1879  Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich) on this day in history.   

1882  Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman) on this day in history.   

1883  On March - 19 jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes   

1883  Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes on this day in history.   

1883  On March - 19 josef Matthais Hauer, composer   

1884  On this day in history alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54   

1885  On this day in history louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Saskatchewan   

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1434  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) was born on March - 19.   

1503  On this day in history birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)   

1589  William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) was born on March - 19.   

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on this day in history.   

1601  On March - 19 birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)   

1604  On March - 19 birth of johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)   

1610  On March - 19 birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on March - 19.   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on March - 19.   

1279  On March - 19 death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)   

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on March - 19.   

1330  On this day in history death of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)   

1406  Death of Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) on March - 19.   

1556  On March - 19 lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70   

1623  Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) on March - 19.