Historical Events In March - 29

1801  Britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies on March - 29.   

1802  On this day in history frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

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

1804  On March - 29 thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti   

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

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  On March - 29 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.   

1813  On March - 29 john Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on March - 29.   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians on March - 29.   

1814  Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on March - 29.   

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

1817  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet on March - 29.   

1819  Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well on this day in history.   

1821  Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter   

1826  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic) on this day in history.   

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

1829  Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia on March - 29.   

1831  On March - 29 great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.   

1831  Amelia Barr, writer on March - 29.   

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on March - 29.   

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on March - 29.   

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

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

1848  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 on March - 29.   

1848  Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on March - 29.   

1848  On this day in history 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  Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India on March - 29.   

1850  On this day in history ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die   

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 March - 29 birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal   

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

1561  On March - 29 birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic   

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

1602  On March - 29 birth of john Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)   

1616  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on March - 29.   

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer   

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on this day in history.   

1368  On March - 29 death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)   

1461  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)   

1546  On March - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

1625  On March - 29 death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)   

1628  On this day in history death of tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)   

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on this day in history.