Page 2: Historical Events In March - 29

1801  On this day in history britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.   

1802  On this day in history 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 March - 29.   

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

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  John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884 on March - 29.   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on March - 29.   

1814  On this day in history battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians   

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

1816  James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 on March - 29.   

1817  On March - 29 constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet   

1819  On March - 29 edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well   

1821  Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1822  On March - 29 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter   

1826  On this day in history wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)   

1827  On this day in history 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna   

1829  On this day in history ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia   

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

1831  On March - 29 amelia Barr, writer   

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56   

1847  12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico on March - 29.   

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  On March - 29 niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam   

1848  On March - 29 aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War   

1848  On March - 29 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84   

1849  Britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India on this day in history.   

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

1850  Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on March - 29.   

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  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal   

1553  Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on March - 29.   

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer   

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

1368  On March - 29 death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)   

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on March - 29.   

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  On this day in history death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)   

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.   

1628  On this day in history death of tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)   

1629  On March - 29 death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)