Page 2: Historical Events In March - 04

1681  King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany   

1719  On March - 04 aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter   

1741  English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena on March - 04.   

1742  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer on this day in history.   

1745  Charles Dibdin, English composer (d.1814) on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general   

1754  On this day in history benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)   

1757  Ignaz Malzat, composer on March - 04.   

1765  On March - 04 charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized)   

1766  On this day in history emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)   

1773  Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer on this day in history.   

1774  First sighting of Orion nebula on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

1776  On March - 04 the American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.   

1782  Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson) on March - 04.   

1789  On this day in history first Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives)   

1789  On this day in history first Congress of the United States held in New York   

1789  1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) on this day in history.   

1789  Pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch on March - 04.   

1790  France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land on this day in history.   

1791  President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session on March - 04.   

1791  On this day in history vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.   

1791  1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office on this day in history.   

1792  Oranges introduced to Hawaii on this day in history.   

1793  French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands on March - 04.   

1793  President Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) on March - 04.   

1793  On March - 04 french troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth   

1793  Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 on March - 04.   

1794  On this day in history henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21   

1797  On March - 04 john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

1798  On this day in history catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews   

1798  John Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1801  On March - 04 the first President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)   

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)   

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

1492  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)   

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.   

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

0251  On March - 04 death of pope Lucius I   

0480  Death of Saint Landry, bishop of Sées on March - 04.   

1172  On March - 04 stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies   

1193  On March - 04 death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)   

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 March - 04.   

1484  On this day in history kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25   

1496  Death of Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427) on March - 04.