Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces on March - 08.   

1777  On this day in history regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

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

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on March - 08.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on March - 08.   

1783  On this day in history gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

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

1790  On March - 08 the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on March - 08.   

1801  On March - 08 british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1813  On March - 08 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1815  On this day in history 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  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on this day in history.   

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

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) on March - 08.   

1838  US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) on this day in history.   

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

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on March - 08.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on March - 08.   

1843  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer on this day in history.   

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

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)   

1854  On March - 08 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 March - 08 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  1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on March - 08.   

1859  The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows' on March - 08.   

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

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.   

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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