Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on this day in history.  

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

1768  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist on March - 21.  

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 March - 21.  

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

1788  On this day in history fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana  

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

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 March - 21.  

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 March - 21.  

1801  Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1804  On March - 21 after four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code."  

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  James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) on March - 21.  

1820  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.  

1821  On March - 21 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 this day in history fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses  

1826  On March - 21 beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna  

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

1835  On March - 21 charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass  

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on March - 21.  

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

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 March - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.  

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  On March - 21 birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)  

1527  On this day in history birth of hermann Finck, composer  

1609  On this day in history birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)  

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer  

1642  On this day in history birth of georg Schmezer, composer  

1063  On this day in history death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland  

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

1181  On March - 21 death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)  

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 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  On March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)