Page 2: Historical Events In March - 29

1801  On this day in history britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.   

1802  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines.   

1804  On this day in history thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti   

1806  Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway on this day in history.   

1808  Williamstown Ontario John Johnson 1742-1830 gives patent and grants 12 acres of land for Williamstown Fair; oldest continuously operating farm fair in Ontario on this day in history.   

1809  King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden on this day in history.   

1813  John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884 on March - 29.   

1814  On March - 29 battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians   

1814  On March - 29 battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians   

1814  On this day in history battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians   

1816  James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 on this day in history.   

1817  On March - 29 constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet   

1819  On March - 29 edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well   

1821  On this day in history joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

1822  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter   

1826  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic) on March - 29.   

1827  20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna on March - 29.   

1829  Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia on this day in history.   

1831  Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey on March - 29.   

1831  Amelia Barr, writer on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1847  On March - 29 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico   

1847  On this day in history auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66   

1848  On March - 29 at about 5 am, the Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on Lake Erie at the entrance to the River; only time in recorded history   

1848  Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on this day in history.   

1848  On March - 29 aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War   

1848  On this day in history john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India   

1849  On March - 29 britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India   

1850  Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on March - 29.   

1852  On this day in history ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day   

1860  Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC on March - 29.   

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1484  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal   

1553  On March - 29 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on March - 29.   

1584  On March - 29 birth of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)   

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on March - 29.   

1616  On March - 29 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on March - 29.   

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on March - 29.   

1368  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)   

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on March - 29.   

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on March - 29.   

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on March - 29.   

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.   

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on March - 29.   

1629  On this day in history death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)