Historical Events In March - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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