Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat   

1768  On March - 21 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 on March - 21.   

1779  On March - 21 alexis Garaude, composer   

1788  On this day in history fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA   

1788  Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans on March - 21.   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana on this day in history.   

1790  On March - 21 thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State   

1790  On March - 21 thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State   

1791  Bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War on March - 21.   

1791  Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

1791  On March - 21 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

1793  On March - 21 johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

1801  Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1804  After four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code." on this day in history.   

1804  French civil Code of Napoleon adopted on this day in history.   

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on this day in history.   

1810  Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history james Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)   

1820  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.   

1821  Party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW on March - 21.   

1821  On this day in history first revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.   

1824  On this day in history fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses   

1826  Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna on March - 21.   

1829  On March - 21 earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

1835  On March - 21 charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]   

1843  On March - 21 preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong   

1843  On March - 21 preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today   

1844  On this day in history origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)   

1844  Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) on this day in history.   

1844  Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.   

1474  On this day in history birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on March - 21.   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 21.   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  On this day in history birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on March - 21.   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on this day in history.   

1181  On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.   

1487  On this day in history death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

1538  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on March - 21.   

1556  On March - 21 death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  On this day in history death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)