Historical Events In March - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1861 On March - 08 st Augustine FL surrenders to Union armies
1861 On March - 08 st Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies
1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal on March - 08.
1862 On March - 08 confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched
1862 On March - 08 naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor
1862 On March - 08 joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds
1862 On this day in history adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56
1862 On March - 08 naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor
1865 On this day in history battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
1865 Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) on March - 08.
1865 On March - 08 frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer
1869 On this day in history louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65
1872 Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer on this day in history.
1874 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on this day in history.
1876 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) on this day in history.
1879 On March - 08 m Lichnowsky, writer
1883 On March - 08 manuel Gomez Carillo, composer
1884 On March - 08 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
1886 On March - 08 anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis)
1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.
1887 The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton on March - 08.
1887 Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.
1887 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)
1889 Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business) on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85
1890 On this day in history oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher
1891 Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) on this day in history.
1892 On March - 08 mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)
1894 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York on March - 08.
1894 New York passes first state dog license law on this day in history.
1894 The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law on this day in history.
1896 Volunteers of America forms (NYC) on this day in history.
1898 On March - 08 richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen
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