Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on March - 21.   

1765  Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

1768  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75   

1779  On March - 21 alexis Garaude, composer   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA on this day in history.   

1788  Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans on March - 21.   

1788  On March - 21 fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State on March - 21.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State on March - 21.   

1791  On this day in history bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

1791  On March - 21 captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN   

1791  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

1801  On March - 21 andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59   

1804  On March - 21 after four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code."   

1804  French civil Code of Napoleon adopted on March - 21.   

1806  On this day in history benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)   

1810  On March - 21 philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies   

1813  On this day in history james Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)   

1820  On March - 21 frank Mori, composer   

1821  Party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history first revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.   

1824  Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses on March - 21.   

1826  On March - 21 beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna   

1829  Earthquake in Spain kills 6,000 on March - 21.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on this day in history.   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

1839  On March - 21 modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]   

1843  Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong on March - 21.   

1843  Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today on March - 21.   

1844  On March - 21 origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)   

1844  Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) on March - 21.   

1844  Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.   

1474  On March - 21 birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  On March - 21 birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

1521  On this day in history birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on March - 21.   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on March - 21.   

1076  On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on this day in history.   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  On March - 21 death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  On March - 21 death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)