Page 3: Historical Events In March - 31

1844  On this day in history andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)   

1847  On March - 31 jarolslaw Zielinski, composer   

1848  John Henry Roberts, composer on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history colonel John W Geary arrives as first postmaster of San Francisco   

1849  Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF on March - 31.   

1850  On March - 31 uS population hits 23,191,876 (Black population 3,638,808 (15.7%))   

1850  US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 31 john Calhoun, dies at 68   

1854  On this day in history treaty of Kanagawa Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade   

1854  On this day in history treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US   

1854  Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine) on March - 31.   

1854  On March - 31 treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade   

1855  Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans   

1862  Civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River on March - 31.   

1862  Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA   

1865  Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House) on this day in history.   

1865  On March - 31 general Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg   

1865  On March - 31 battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)   

1866  On this day in history the Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.   

1868  Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China on this day in history.   

1868  On March - 31 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist   

1870  On this day in history thomas P Mundy became first black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)   

1870  On this day in history 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)   

1872  Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history british high director/Governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown   

1877  Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 31 jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

1878  Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 31 jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)   

1880  The First town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash IN) on March - 31.   

1880  1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN) on this day in history.   

1880  Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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0250  On March - 31 birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)   

1360  On this day in history birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)   

1425  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)   

1499  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65) was born on this day in history.   

1504  On March - 31 birth of guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)   

1519  On March - 31 birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  King Henry II of France (d. 1559) was born on March - 31.   

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1074  On this day in history death of regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)   

1340  Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies on March - 31.   

1389  On this day in history death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on March - 31.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1578  On March - 31 death of juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered   

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on March - 31.   

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)