Page 2: 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  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist on March - 21.   

1768  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 on March - 21.   

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  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  Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

1791  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

1793  On March - 21 johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

1801  On this day in history andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59   

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  French civil Code of Napoleon adopted on March - 21.   

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on March - 21.   

1810  Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today   

1844  On March - 21 origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)   

1844  On this day in history origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

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  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  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

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

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

1306  On March - 21 death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

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

1538  On March - 21 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 March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)