Historical Events In March - 16

1827  1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing on this day in history.   

1829  On March - 16 ohio authorizes high school night classes   

1830  London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) forms on March - 16.   

1830  New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) on March - 16.   

1830  On March - 16 london's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)   

1832  On this day in history charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer)   

1833  Susan Hayhurst becomes first US woman grad of a pharmacy college on this day in history.   

1833  On March - 16 susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college   

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands on this day in history.   

1836  Texas approves a constitution on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)   

1838  Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1839  René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) on March - 16.   

1841  On March - 16 félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49   

1843  On this day in history james Douglas 1803-1877 starts construction of Fort Camosun [Victoria]; first Hudson's Bay Company post on Vancouver Island.   

1843  Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1849  James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger on this day in history.   

1850  Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

1861  Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain   

1862  Battle at Pound Gap KY Confederates separate battles on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 16 battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles   

1862  On March - 16 battle at Pound Gap KY: Confederates separate battles   

1865  Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) on this day in history.   

1867  On March - 16 first publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet.   

1867  On this day in history benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33   

1868  Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS] on this day in history.   

1869  Hiram R Revels makes the first official speech by a black in the Senate on March - 16.   

1869  On this day in history hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate   

1871  1st fertilizer law enacted on March - 16.   

1872  On this day in history the first FA Cup Final Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

1872  On this day in history 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton   

1872  The first FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton on this day in history.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45