Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On March - 21 jean Paul, writer   

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

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

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

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

1790  On March - 21 thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 21.   

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

1820  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.   

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

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  On March - 21 earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

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

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 March - 21 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  On March - 21 birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  On March - 21 birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on March - 21.   

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on March - 21.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

1624  Francois Roberday, composer was born on March - 21.   

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

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.   

1487  On this day in history death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

1538  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

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 March - 21.