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 this day in history 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 March - 21.   

1788  Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans LA on March - 21.   

1788  On this day in history 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  Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State on this day in history.   

1791  On March - 21 bangalore in India is seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis in the Third Mysore War   

1791  On this day in history captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire becomes first commissioned officer in USN   

1791  Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1813  James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) on this day in history.   

1820  Frank Mori, composer on March - 21.   

1821  Party leaves Sydney to establish a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW on this day in history.   

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

1824  On this day in history fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses   

1826  On this day in history beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna   

1829  Earthquake in Spain kills 6,000 on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass on March - 21.   

1836  Jesus Monasterio, composer on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history 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 March - 21.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint   

1521  On March - 21 birth of mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)   

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 March - 21.   

1624  On March - 21 birth of francois Roberday, composer   

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 March - 21.   

1076  Death of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) on March - 21.   

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

1306  On this day in history death of robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)   

1487  Death of Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417) on this day in history.   

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

1556  Death of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 on this day in history.   

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