Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  On March - 08 willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces   

1777  On this day in history regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  On March - 08 gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer on this day in history.   

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 March - 08 simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889   

1801  British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt on March - 08.   

1813  First concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

1813  1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic on March - 08.   

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  The New York Stock Exchange is founded on March - 08.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

1828  On this day in history johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1836  On this day in history matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1838  US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) on this day in history.   

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on this day in history.   

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1841  On March - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)   

1843  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer   

1844  On this day in history king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On this day in history karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) on this day in history.   

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 March - 08 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  On March - 08 the Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains   

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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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.   

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)   

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.   

1202  On this day in history death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.   

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.