Page 3: Historical Events In March - 08

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

1861  On March - 08 st Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies   

1862  On March - 08 battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal   

1862  On March - 08 confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched   

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

1862  On March - 08 joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds   

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

1865  On this day in history battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

1865  On this day in history frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer   

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on March - 08.   

1872  Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer on this day in history.   

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on March - 08.   

1876  On this day in history franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)   

1879  On this day in history m Lichnowsky, writer   

1883  Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On March - 08 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite   

1886  Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) on March - 08.   

1887  Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history the telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton.   

1887  On this day in history everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes   

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

1888  On March - 08 stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste)   

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

1889  On March - 08 jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85   

1890  Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher on March - 08.   

1891  On March - 08 sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)   

1892  Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) on this day in history.   

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

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

1894  The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law on this day in history.   

1896  On March - 08 volunteers of America forms (NYC)   

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

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1075  On March - 08 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  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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