Page 2: Historical Events In March - 29

1801  On March - 29 britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.   

1802  On this day in history frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

1804  Thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines on March - 29.   

1804  On March - 29 thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti   

1806  On March - 29 construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.   

1808  Williamstown Ontario John Johnson 1742-1830 gives patent and grants 12 acres of land for Williamstown Fair; oldest continuously operating farm fair in Ontario on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.   

1813  John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884 on March - 29.   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on March - 29.   

1814  On this day in history battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians   

1814  On March - 29 battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians   

1816  On March - 29 james Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869   

1817  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet on March - 29.   

1819  Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 29 joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

1822  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter   

1826  On March - 29 wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)   

1827  20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna on March - 29.   

1829  On this day in history ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia   

1831  Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey on March - 29.   

1831  On this day in history amelia Barr, writer   

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.   

1839  On March - 29 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56   

1847  12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico on March - 29.   

1847  On this day in history auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

1848  At about 5 am, the Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on Lake Erie at the entrance to the River; only time in recorded history on this day in history.   

1848  Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on this day in history.   

1848  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War on March - 29.   

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India   

1850  On March - 29 ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die   

1852  Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day on this day in history.   

1860  Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1484  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on March - 29.   

1519  On this day in history birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal   

1553  Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on March - 29.   

1561  On this day in history birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic   

1584  Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On March - 29 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on March - 29.   

1058  On this day in history stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies   

1368  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)   

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on March - 29.   

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.   

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on March - 29.   

1629  On March - 29 death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)