Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On this day in history jean Paul, writer   

1765  On March - 21 henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat   

1768  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist on this day in history.   

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

1788  Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans on this day in history.   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana on March - 21.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State on this day in history.   

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

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  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 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  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  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  On this day in history birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  On March - 21 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  Hermann Finck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 21 birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

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

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

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 March - 21.   

1538  On this day in history 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 March - 21.   

1617  On this day in history death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)