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 March - 29.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884 on this day in history.  

1814  On March - 29 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  On March - 29 battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians  

1816  James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet  

1819  On this day in history edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well  

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

1822  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter on March - 29.  

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  Amelia Barr, writer on March - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

1847  12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico on this day in history.  

1847  On March - 29 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66  

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  Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on March - 29.  

1848  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War on March - 29.  

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on March - 29.  

1849  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC  

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1484  On this day in history birth of johann Spangenberg, composer  

1519  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal was born on March - 29.  

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  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 this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

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

1368  On this day in history 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  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)