Page 2: Historical Events In March - 21

1763  Jean Paul, writer on March - 21.   

1765  Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat on this day in history.   

1768  On March - 21 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist   

1768  On March - 21 jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75   

1779  Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA   

1788  Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans on this day in history.   

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 March - 21 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  On this day in history captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN   

1791  On March - 21 capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN   

1793  Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1801  On March - 21 andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59   

1804  On this day in history after four years of debate and planning, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework known as the "Napoleonic Code."   

1804  On this day in history french civil Code of Napoleon adopted   

1806  Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72) on March - 21.   

1810  On March - 21 philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies   

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

1820  On March - 21 frank Mori, composer   

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

1821  First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence on March - 21.   

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 March - 21.   

1836  On March - 21 jesus Monasterio, composer   

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

1843  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

1844  Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 on March - 21.   

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1466  French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen was born on this day in history.   

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

1521  Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) was born on March - 21.   

1521  Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On March - 21 birth of hermann Finck, composer   

1609  Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

1642  Georg Schmezer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1063  On this day in history death of blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on this day in history.   

1181  On this day in history death of taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)   

1306  On March - 21 death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  On March - 21 death of nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)   

1538  Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 on March - 21.   

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on March - 21.   

1617  On this day in history death of pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)