Historical Events In March - 29

1801  Britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies on March - 29.  

1802  On March - 29 frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51  

1804  On this day in history thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines.  

1804  On this day in history thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti  

1806  Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway on this day in history.  

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 March - 29.  

1809  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 on this day in history.  

1813  On March - 29 john Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884  

1814  On this day in history battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians  

1814  On March - 29 battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians  

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

1816  James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 on March - 29.  

1817  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet on this day in history.  

1819  Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well on March - 29.  

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  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic) on March - 29.  

1827  20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna on this day in history.  

1829  On March - 29 ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia  

1831  On March - 29 great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.  

1831  On March - 29 amelia Barr, writer  

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

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on March - 29.  

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

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

1848  On March - 29 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  

1848  On this day in history niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam  

1848  On March - 29 aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War  

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

1849  On this day in history britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India  

1849  Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India on March - 29.  

1850  Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on March - 29.  

1852  Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day on March - 29.  

1860  Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC on March - 29.  

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1484  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1519  On March - 29 birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal  

1553  On this day in history birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)  

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on March - 29.  

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 March - 29.  

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

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

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

1368  On March - 29 death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)  

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on this day in history.  

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 March - 29.  

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)