Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  On this day in history jean Paul, writer   

1765  On this day in history henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat   

1768  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1779  Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA on this day in history.   

1788  On March - 21 gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State   

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State   

1791  Bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War on March - 21.   

1791  Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

1791  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on March - 21.   

1793  On March - 21 johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51   

1801  Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 on March - 21.   

1804  After four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code." on March - 21.   

1804  On March - 21 french civil Code of Napoleon adopted   

1806  On March - 21 benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)   

1810  Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies on March - 21.   

1813  On March - 21 james Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)   

1820  Frank Mori, composer on this day in history.   

1821  Party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW on March - 21.   

1821  On this day in history first revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.   

1824  Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses on this day in history.   

1826  On March - 21 beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna   

1829  On March - 21 earthquake in Spain kills 6,000.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on this day in history.   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

1839  Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] on March - 21.   

1843  On March - 21 preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicts the world will end today, he was wrong   

1843  Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today on March - 21.   

1844  Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) on this day in history.   

1844  On March - 21 origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

1844  On this day in history leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

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1466  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader Hoeksen   

1474  Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

1521  On March - 21 birth of maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)   

1527  Hermann Finck, composer was born on March - 21.   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 21.   

1624  Francois Roberday, composer was born on this day in history.   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on March - 21.   

1063  Death of Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland on this day in history.   

1076  On this day in history death of robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)   

1181  Death of Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248) on March - 21.   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on March - 21.   

1538  On March - 21 hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79   

1556  On March - 21 death of thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66   

1617  Death of Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595) on this day in history.