Page 2: Historical Events In March - 19

1734  Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] on March - 19.   

1740  On March - 19 johann Georg Roser, composer   

1742  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet on this day in history.   

1745  Nicolas Sejan, composer on this day in history.   

1747  Quebec Quebec, Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere 1685-1752 appointed Governor of New France on this day in history.   

1748  English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US on this day in history.   

1752  Jose Mauricio, composer on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history leonhard von Call, composer   

1775  On March - 19 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)   

1775  Poland &Prussia sign trade agreement on this day in history.   

1777  On March - 19 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat   

1782  On this day in history adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59   

1785  Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer on this day in history.   

1790  On March - 19 supply ship HMS Sirius, one of the vessels in the First Fleet to Australia, is wrecked on Norfolk Island en route to pick up supplies.   

1796  On March - 19 stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33   

1797  Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1799  Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna on March - 19.   

1803  Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar on March - 19.   

1809  On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer   

1811  On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

1813  The birth of Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade on this day in history.   

1813  David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) on this day in history.   

1816  On March - 19 johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer   

1817  Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history david Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On March - 19 francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1822  On March - 19 boston, Mass incorporated as a city   

1823  On this day in history cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)   

1827  On March - 19 alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911   

1831  In the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000 on March - 19.   

1831  1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on March - 19.   

1837  Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on March - 19.   

1844  On March - 19 ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)   

1845  On March - 19 willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician   

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1434  On March - 19 birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)   

1589  On March - 19 birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  On this day in history birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

1601  Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) was born on March - 19.   

1604  Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter was born on this day in history.   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on March - 19.   

1263  On March - 19 hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies   

1279  On March - 19 death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)   

1286  On this day in history death of king Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)   

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on March - 19.   

1406  Death of Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) on March - 19.   

1556  On March - 19 lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70   

1623  On March - 19 death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)