Historical Events In March - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans on this day in history.
1731 Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75 on March - 15.
1733 Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized on this day in history.
1744 On March - 15 french King Louis XV declares war on England
1750 Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer on this day in history.
1754 Silvestro Palma, composer on this day in history.
1767 The birth of Andrew Jackson, Twice President of the United States on this day in history.
1767 On March - 15 andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)
1778 On this day in history nootka Sound, BC Captain James Cook reaches the west coast of Vancouver Island with his ships Resolution and Discovery, on the way to search for a North West Passage from the Pacific; names the site Friendly Cove after a warm reception from local Nootka people
1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain Cook on March - 15.
1778 On March - 15 nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook
1779 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) on March - 15.
1781 On March - 15 battle of Guilford Court House, South Carolina (British suffer heavy losses)
1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses) on March - 15.
1783 On March - 15 in an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place.
1790 Nicola Vaccai, composer on March - 15.
1801 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history gaetano Gaspari, composer
1809 On March - 15 joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia
1810 Aernout Drost, Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen) on this day in history.
1811 On March - 15 robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886
1812 First Russian settlement in California, Russian River on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state on March - 15.
1820 Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751 on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)
1827 Freedom's Journal, first Black newspaper, publishes on this day in history.
1827 University of Toronto is chartered on this day in history.
1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes on this day in history.
1830 Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910) on this day in history.
1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) on March - 15.
1835 On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance)
1836 On this day in history henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
1838 On this day in history alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
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