Historical Events In March - 08

1861  St Augustine FL surrenders to Union armies on March - 08.   

1861  St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 08 naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor   

1862  On March - 08 joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds   

1862  On this day in history adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56   

1862  Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown &Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress &Monitor on March - 08.   

1865  Battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) on this day in history.   

1865  On March - 08 battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

1865  Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer on this day in history.   

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1872  On March - 08 paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer   

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on this day in history.   

1876  Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history m Lichnowsky, writer   

1883  Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer on March - 08.   

1884  On this day in history 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite   

1886  Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) on this day in history.   

1887  Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on March - 08.   

1887  The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton on March - 08.   

1887  Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on March - 08.   

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)   

1889  On March - 08 oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business)   

1889  On this day in history jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85   

1890  Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher on this day in history.   

1891  Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) on March - 08.   

1892  On March - 08 mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)   

1894  On March - 08 a dog license law was enacted in the state of New York.   

1894  New York passes first state dog license law on March - 08.   

1894  On March - 08 the state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law.   

1896  Volunteers of America forms (NYC) on March - 08.   

1898  Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen on March - 08.   

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

1286  On this day in history 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 March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  On this day in history 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  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle   

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

1223  On March - 08 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 this day in history 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.