Historical Events In March - 29
Monday, 25 September 2023
1801 On this day in history britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.
1802 Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1804 On March - 29 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 March - 29.
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 March - 29.
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 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians on March - 29.
1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on this day in history.
1816 On March - 29 james Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 On March - 29 constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
1819 On March - 29 edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1821 On this day in history joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1826 On this day in history wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)
1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna on March - 29.
1829 Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
1831 On this day in history amelia Barr, writer
1837 On March - 29 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies
1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847 Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on March - 29.
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 On this day in history niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
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 Britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India on March - 29.
1849 On this day in history britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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