Historical Events In March - 29

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

1802  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1804  Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti on March - 29.   

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

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

1809  On March - 29 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  On this day in history john Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884   

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

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians on this day in history.   

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 March - 29.   

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

1821  Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

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

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

1831  Amelia Barr, writer on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War on March - 29.   

1848  On March - 29 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84   

1849  Britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1553  On March - 29 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  On March - 29 birth of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)   

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on March - 29.   

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

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 29.   

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

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on March - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.