Historical Events In March - 29

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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1484  On March - 29 birth of johann Spangenberg, composer  

1519  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal was born on this day in history.  

1553  On March - 29 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)  

1561  On March - 29 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 March - 29.  

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on March - 29.  

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

1461  On March - 29 death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)  

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  On March - 29 death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)  

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on this day in history.  

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on March - 29.