Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On March - 21 jean Paul, writer  

1765  Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat on this day in history.  

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 March - 21 alexis Garaude, composer  

1788  On March - 21 fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA  

1788  On this day in history gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans  

1788  On March - 21 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 this day in history.  

1791  Bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War on this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.  

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

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  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 March - 21.  

1835  On this day in history charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass  

1836  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1843  Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today on this day in history.  

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

1844  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of francois Roberday, composer  

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

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on this day in history.  

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

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  On March - 21 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  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)