Historical Events In March - 05
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1824 On March - 05 elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
1825 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1828 Johann Gungl, composer on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle
1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model on March - 05.
1836 On this day in history mexico attacks Alamo
1840 On this day in history constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
1842 On this day in history over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
1843 William F Sudds, composer on March - 05.
1845 On March - 05 congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
1845 On March - 05 alfonse Hasselmans, composer
1848 Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance on this day in history.
1849 On March - 05 zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president.
1849 On this day in history zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president
1850 On March - 05 the Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1850 Daniel Brink Towner, composer on this day in history.
1852 Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) on March - 05.
1853 On this day in history arthur W Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)
1853 On March - 05 georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75
1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads
1860 On March - 05 parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1862 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL on this day in history.
1862 Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida on March - 05.
1864 On this day in history the first track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
1864 1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge on this day in history.
1868 On March - 05 stapler patented in England by C H Gould
1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson on March - 05.
1868 On this day in history arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan
1868 Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/jurist/minister on March - 05.
1869 Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich on March - 05.
1870 [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus) on March - 05.
1871 Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126 on March - 05.
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