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 this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  On this day in history jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75   

1779  On this day in history alexis Garaude, composer   

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

1788  On March - 21 gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana on March - 21.   

1790  On this day in history 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  On March - 21 bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

1791  Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

1791  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

1793  On this day in history johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

1801  Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 on March - 21.   

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

1804  French civil Code of Napoleon adopted on March - 21.   

1806  On this day in history benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)   

1810  On March - 21 philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies   

1813  James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) on March - 21.   

1820  Frank Mori, composer on this day in history.   

1821  Party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW on this day in history.   

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

1824  On March - 21 fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses   

1826  On March - 21 beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna   

1829  On this day in history earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history jesus Monasterio, composer   

1839  Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] on March - 21.   

1843  On this day in history preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong   

1843  Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today on March - 21.   

1844  On March - 21 origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)   

1844  On March - 21 origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

1844  Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 on March - 21.   

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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  On March - 21 birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

1521  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

1609  On March - 21 birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)   

1624  Francois Roberday, composer was born on this day in history.   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1063  On this day in history death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on March - 21.   

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

1306  On March - 21 death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on this day in history.   

1538  On March - 21 hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on this day in history.   

1617  On March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)