Historical Events In March - 08

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

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 March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on this day in history.   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on March - 08.   

1787  On March - 08 karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

1790  The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies on March - 08.   

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 March - 08 first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

1815  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 on March - 08.   

1817  On March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

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

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1838  On this day in history uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1844  On March - 08 king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

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

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on March - 08.   

1854  US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan on March - 08.   

1854  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on this day in history.   

1855  On March - 08 a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1855  On March - 08 a train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY.   

1855  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 the birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'   

1859  Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) on this day in history.   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1514  On March - 08 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 this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

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

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

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55