Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

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

1777  On March - 08 regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

1778  On this day in history friedrich August Kanne, composer   

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

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre   

1782  On this day in history gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians   

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

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery on March - 08.   

1790  On March - 08 the French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies   

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 on March - 08.   

1801  On March - 08 british drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt   

1813  On March - 08 first concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

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

1815  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 on this day in history.   

1817  On March - 08 the New York Stock Exchange is founded.   

1825  George William Martin, composer on March - 08.   

1828  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

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

1838  On March - 08 uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

1839  On March - 08 james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)   

1840  On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on this day in history.   

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  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) on March - 08.   

1853  On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)   

1854  On this day in history uS Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan   

1854  On this day in history tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)   

1855  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1859  On this day in history the birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'   

1859  On March - 08 kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)   

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  On this day in history bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55