Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

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

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

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 March - 08 gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer   

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

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

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

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

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on this day in history.   

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

1825  On this day in history george William Martin, composer   

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

1836  On March - 08 matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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 this day in history.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

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

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

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

1854  US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan on this day in history.   

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

1855  A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1859  Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) on March - 08.   

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

1286  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

1223  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.