Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On this day in history jean Paul, writer   

1765  Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat on March - 21.   

1768  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  On March - 21 jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75   

1779  On this day in history alexis Garaude, composer   

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 March - 21 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1793  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 March - 21.   

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

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on March - 21.   

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

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

1820  On this day in history frank Mori, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1826  Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna on this day in history.   

1829  Earthquake in Spain kills 6,000 on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on March - 21.   

1836  On March - 21 jesus Monasterio, composer   

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

1843  Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong on March - 21.   

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

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 this day in history 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 March - 21.   

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

1521  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of hermann Finck, composer   

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

1624  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on March - 21.   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on March - 21.   

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