Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on March - 21.   

1765  On this day in history henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat   

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

1768  On March - 21 jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75   

1779  On March - 21 alexis Garaude, composer   

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

1788  Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans on this day in history.   

1788  On March - 21 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 this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

1793  On March - 21 johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

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  On March - 21 benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)   

1810  Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on this day in history.   

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

1820  Frank Mori, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 21.   

1836  On this day in history jesus Monasterio, composer   

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

1843  On this day in history preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong   

1843  Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 21.   

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

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1521  On March - 21 birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  On this day in history birth of hermann Finck, composer   

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

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

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1181  On March - 21 death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

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)