Historical Events In March - 08

1766  Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces on this day in history.   

1777  On March - 08 regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  Friedrich August Kanne, composer on March - 08.   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on this day in history.   

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  On March - 08 simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889   

1801  On this day in history british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1813  On this day in history 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1815  On March - 08 in Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread   

1817  On this day in history the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

1828  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1838  On March - 08 uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on this day in history.   

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

1843  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer on March - 08.   

1844  King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.   

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  On this day in history tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)   

1855  On this day in history a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1855  A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY on this day in history.   

1855  On March - 08 the Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains   

1855  On this day in history 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1859  The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' on this day in history.   

1859  On March - 08 kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1293  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.