Historical Events In March - 04

1801  On this day in history thomas Jefferson becomes the first US President inaugurated in Washington, D.C.   

1801  On this day in history 1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)   

1804  On this day in history the Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising.   

1804  On March - 04 karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies   

1805  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 on March - 04.   

1809  Madison becomes first President inaugurated in American-made clothes on this day in history.   

1809  Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes on March - 04.   

1813  Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked) on March - 04.   

1819  Charles Oberthur, composer on March - 04.   

1824  The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858 on this day in history.   

1825  John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th President on this day in history.   

1826  On March - 04 the first US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA   

1826  On March - 04 1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass   

1826  John Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1828  On March - 04 elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1829  On this day in history unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball   

1829  Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President on March - 04.   

1830  On this day in history v Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice   

1831  Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1834  Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer on March - 04.   

1835  HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepción on this day in history.   

1835  On March - 04 hMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion   

1835  On this day in history giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars)   

1837  City of Chicago incorporates on March - 04.   

1837  On this day in history martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President   

1837  On this day in history weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

1838  Paul Lacome, composer on March - 04.   

1839  On March - 04 ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72   

1841  Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison on this day in history.   

1841  On March - 04 dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London   

1841  On March - 04 kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)   

1844  Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother) on this day in history.   

1845  James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President on this day in history.   

1845  On March - 04 james K Polk inaugrated at 11th president   

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1188  Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252) was born on this day in history.   

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on March - 04.   

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.   

1678  On this day in history birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)   

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on March - 04.   

0480  On March - 04 death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées   

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on March - 04.   

1193  Death of Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on March - 04.   

1238  On March - 04 death of joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)   

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on this day in history.   

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on March - 04.   

1496  Death of Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427) on this day in history.