Page 3: Historical Events In March - 19

1845  On this day in history george Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56   

1847  On March - 19 constantin Dimitrescu, composer   

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  Roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14) on March - 19.   

1855  On this day in history 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.   

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

1860  On this day in history william Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman   

1861  Maori War in New Zealand ends with Maori surrender on March - 19.   

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

1862  F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 on March - 19.   

1863  On March - 19 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.   

1864  Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC on March - 19.   

1866  Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die on March - 19.   

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

1869  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64 on March - 19.   

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

1871  Minister of Inland Revenue Alexander Morris 1826-1889 introduces Act to legalize metric system in Canada on this day in history.   

1871  Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants) on March - 19.   

1872  On March - 19 sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director   

1873  Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) on this day in history.   

1874  Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along) on this day in history.   

1876  On March - 19 jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75   

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

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

1879  On March - 19 joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)   

1882  On March - 19 gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)   

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

1883  On March - 19 jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes   

1883  On March - 19 josef Matthais Hauer, composer   

1884  On March - 19 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  Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) was born on March - 19.   

1488  Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1593  On March - 19 birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

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  Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter was born on this day in history.   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1263  On this day in history hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies   

1279  On this day in history death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)   

1286  On this day in history death of king Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)   

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 this day in history 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.