Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On this day in history willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

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  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre   

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

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

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

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

1813  On this day in history first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

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

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  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

1825  On this day in history george William Martin, composer   

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

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

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  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

1841  On March - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

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

1844  King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on March - 08.   

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) on March - 08.   

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  A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on this day in history.   

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

1855  The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1293  On March - 08 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  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

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

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

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

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.