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

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

1779  Alexis Garaude, composer on March - 21.   

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 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1810  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on this day in history.   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

1839  Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] on March - 21.   

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

1843  On March - 21 preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today   

1844  Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) on March - 21.   

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

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

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1466  On March - 21 birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

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  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on March - 21.   

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 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 March - 21.   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on March - 21.   

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

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

1556  On March - 21 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 March - 21.