Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On March - 21 jean Paul, writer   

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

1768  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist on March - 21.   

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

1779  Alexis Garaude, composer on March - 21.   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA on March - 21.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1791  On March - 21 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  On March - 21 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

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

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 this day in history.   

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on this day in history.   

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

1813  James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) on March - 21.   

1820  On this day in history frank Mori, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1829  On this day in history earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on March - 21.   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on March - 21.   

1839  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history 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  On March - 21 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  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on March - 21.   

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on March - 21.   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on March - 21.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 21.   

1624  On this day in history birth of francois Roberday, composer   

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

1063  On March - 21 death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on March - 21.   

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on March - 21.   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.   

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  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on March - 21.   

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