Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On this day in history willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

1777  Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt on this day in history.   

1778  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on March - 08.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on this day in history.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on this day in history.   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on March - 08.   

1787  On this day in history karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

1790  On March - 08 the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  On this day in history simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889   

1801  On this day in history british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

1815  On March - 08 in Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread   

1817  On March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  On March - 08 george William Martin, composer   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on March - 08.   

1836  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1838  On this day in history uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on this day in history.   

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on March - 08.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on March - 08.   

1843  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

1844  On March - 08 king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

1853  On March - 08 edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)   

1854  On March - 08 uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1855  A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY on March - 08.   

1855  The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains on this day in history.   

1855  1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls on March - 08.   

1859  On March - 08 the birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'   

1859  Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) on this day in history.   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.   

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.