Page 2: Historical Events In March - 08

1766  Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces on March - 08.   

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

1778  On March - 08 friedrich August Kanne, composer   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on March - 08.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre on this day in history.   

1782  Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians on this day in history.   

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

1787  On March - 08 karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery   

1790  The French Assembly votes to continue slavery in French colonies on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1813  On March - 08 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic   

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  On March - 08 george William Martin, composer   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on March - 08.   

1836  On March - 08 matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) on March - 08.   

1840  Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor on March - 08.   

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on March - 08.   

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

1844  On March - 08 king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

1847  On March - 08 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)   

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

1854  US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan on this day in history.   

1854  Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history a train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls   

1855  On March - 08 a train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY.   

1855  On this day in history 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  Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) on March - 08.   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

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

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

1495  On March - 08 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 March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer   

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

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

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

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 this day in history.