Historical Events In March - 19

1734  Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] on this day in history.   

1740  On March - 19 johann Georg Roser, composer   

1742  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet on March - 19.   

1745  Nicolas Sejan, composer on March - 19.   

1747  Quebec Quebec, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere 1685-1752 appointed Governor of New France on March - 19.   

1748  English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US on this day in history.   

1752  Jose Mauricio, composer on March - 19.   

1767  Leonhard von Call, composer on March - 19.   

1775  On this day in history 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)   

1775  Poland &Prussia sign trade agreement on March - 19.   

1777  On this day in history anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat   

1782  On this day in history adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59   

1785  Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer on March - 19.   

1790  Supply ship HMS Sirius, one of the vessels in the First Fleet to Australia, is wrecked on Norfolk Island en route to pick up supplies on this day in history.   

1796  Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 on March - 19.   

1797  Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1799  Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna on March - 19.   

1803  On this day in history johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar   

1809  Fredrik Pacius, composer on March - 19.   

1811  Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1813  The birth of Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history david Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)   

1816  Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer on this day in history.   

1817  On March - 19 lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1819  On March - 19 david Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On March - 19 francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1822  On this day in history boston, Mass incorporated as a city   

1823  On this day in history cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)   

1827  Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911 on March - 19.   

1831  On this day in history in the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000   

1831  1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.   

1837  Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)   

1845  On March - 19 willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician   

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1434  Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) was born on this day in history.   

1488  On March - 19 birth of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)   

1503  On March - 19 birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)   

1589  On this day in history birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  On this day in history birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

1601  Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) was born on this day in history.   

1604  Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) was born on March - 19.   

1610  On March - 19 birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter   

1238  On March - 19 death of duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on March - 19.   

1279  On this day in history death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)   

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1406  On this day in history death of ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)   

1556  Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1623  On March - 19 death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)