Page 2: Historical Events In March - 29
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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