Page 2: Historical Events In March - 29

1801  On March - 29 britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.   

1802  On March - 29 frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

1804  On March - 29 thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines.   

1804  Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.   

1808  On this day in history williamstown Ontario John Johnson 1742-1830 gives patent and grants 12 acres of land for Williamstown Fair; oldest continuously operating farm fair in Ontario.   

1809  On this day in history king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.   

1813  On this day in history john Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884   

1814  On this day in history battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians on March - 29.   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history james Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869   

1817  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet on March - 29.   

1819  Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 29 joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

1822  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter   

1826  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic) on March - 29.   

1827  20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna on March - 29.   

1829  Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.   

1831  On this day in history amelia Barr, writer   

1837  On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

1839  On March - 29 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56   

1847  On this day in history 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico   

1847  Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on March - 29.   

1848  At about 5 am, the Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on Lake Erie at the entrance to the River; only time in recorded history on this day in history.   

1848  Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on March - 29.   

1848  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War on this day in history.   

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India   

1850  On this day in history ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die   

1852  On this day in history ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day   

1860  Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1484  On March - 29 birth of johann Spangenberg, composer   

1519  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal was born on March - 29.   

1553  Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on March - 29.   

1561  On March - 29 birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic   

1584  Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) was born on March - 29.   

1602  On March - 29 birth of john Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)   

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on March - 29.   

1058  On this day in history stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies   

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on March - 29.   

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on this day in history.   

1546  On March - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  On March - 29 death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)   

1625  On March - 29 death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)   

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)