Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On March - 21 jean Paul, writer   

1765  On March - 21 henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat   

1768  On March - 21 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 on March - 21.   

1779  On March - 21 alexis Garaude, composer   

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

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

1788  On this day in history fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana   

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State   

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

1791  On March - 21 bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

1791  Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

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

1793  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1804  After four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code." on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history french civil Code of Napoleon adopted   

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on March - 21.   

1810  On this day in history philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies   

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

1820  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.   

1821  On March - 21 party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW.   

1821  First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence on March - 21.   

1824  On March - 21 fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses   

1826  Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna on March - 21.   

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 March - 21.   

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

1843  On March - 21 preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong   

1843  On this day in history preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today   

1844  Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

1844  On this day in history leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

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1466  On March - 21 birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

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

1521  On this day in history 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  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

1609  On March - 21 birth of jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)   

1624  Francois Roberday, composer was born on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history birth of georg Schmezer, composer   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on this day in history.   

1076  On March - 21 death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  On March - 21 death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  On this day in history death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

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)