Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On March - 21 jean Paul, writer   

1765  On March - 21 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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 21 fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State on March - 21.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State on this day in history.   

1791  On March - 21 bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

1791  On March - 21 captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN   

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

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

1801  On March - 21 andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59   

1804  On March - 21 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  On March - 21 benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)   

1810  Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on March - 21.   

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

1820  On March - 21 frank Mori, composer   

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

1821  On March - 21 first revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.   

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

1826  On this day in history beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna   

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

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

1836  On this day in history jesus Monasterio, composer   

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

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

1844  On March - 21 leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

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

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

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

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

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

1642  On March - 21 birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  On March - 21 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 this day in history death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  On March - 21 death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

1538  On this day in history hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  On this day in history death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  Death of Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) on this day in history.