Historical Events In March - 04

1681  On this day in history king Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn   

1699  On March - 04 jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany   

1719  On March - 04 aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter   

1741  On this day in history english fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena   

1742  On this day in history johann Heinrich Egli, composer   

1745  On March - 04 charles Dibdin, English composer (d.1814)   

1747  Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general on this day in history.   

1754  On March - 04 benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)   

1757  Ignaz Malzat, composer on March - 04.   

1765  Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized) on March - 04.   

1766  Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon) on this day in history.   

1773  Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history first sighting of Orion nebula   

1774  On this day in history 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

1776  On March - 04 the American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.   

1782  Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson) on March - 04.   

1789  On this day in history first Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives)   

1789  First Congress of the United States held in New York on March - 04.   

1789  1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) on this day in history.   

1789  On March - 04 pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch   

1790  On March - 04 france is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.   

1791  President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session on this day in history.   

1791  On March - 04 vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union.   

1791  1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office on March - 04.   

1792  Oranges introduced to Hawaii on this day in history.   

1793  French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands on March - 04.   

1793  President Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) on this day in history.   

1793  French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44   

1794  On March - 04 henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21   

1797  John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US on March - 04.   

1798  On March - 04 catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews   

1798  John Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1801  The first President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson) on March - 04.   

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1188  Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252) was born on this day in history.   

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery   

1492  On this day in history birth of francesco de Layolle, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)   

1651  On March - 04 birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)   

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)   

1678  On March - 04 birth of antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)   

1702  On this day in history birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)   

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on March - 04.   

0480  On this day in history death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées   

1172  On March - 04 stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies   

1193  Death of Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on this day in history.   

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on March - 04.   

1303  On this day in history death of daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)   

1484  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on March - 04.   

1496  Death of Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427) on this day in history.