Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on March - 21.   

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  Alexis Garaude, composer on March - 21.   

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

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

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

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State on March - 21.   

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 March - 21.   

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  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  On March - 21 french civil Code of Napoleon adopted   

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

1810  On this day in history philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies   

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

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 March - 21.   

1824  Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses on March - 21.   

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

1829  Earthquake in Spain kills 6,000 on March - 21.   

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

1836  On March - 21 jesus Monasterio, composer   

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

1843  On this day in history 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  Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) on this day in history.   

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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1466  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint was born on March - 21.   

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  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 March - 21.   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on March - 21.   

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

1076  On March - 21 death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  On March - 21 death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  On this day in history 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  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on March - 21.   

1556  On this day in history 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)