Page 2: Historical Events In March - 31
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1717 On this day in history a sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy.
1717 Florian Wrastill, composer on March - 31.
1722 On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62
1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66) on March - 31.
1727 Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 on this day in history.
1732 The birth of Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer of symphonies and quartets on March - 31.
1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, prominent composer of the classical period (The Creation/Die Schopfung) on this day in history.
1741 Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72 on March - 31.
1745 On this day in history jews are expelled from Prague
1747 On this day in history johann A P Schulz, German composer
1776 Abigail Adams wrote her famous "Remember the ladies" letter to her husband, John, urging him to include women as he helped construct the US Constitution. He didn't on this day in history.
1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont", premieres in Weimar
1796 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history french created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1809 On March - 31 edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
1811 The birth of Robert Bunsen, German who invented the 'Bunsen' burner on this day in history.
1811 On March - 31 robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
1814 On March - 31 forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris France
1814 On this day in history forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1822 The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix on March - 31.
1822 Rafael Hernando, composer on March - 31.
1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends on this day in history.
1831 Québec and Montréal incorporated on this day in history.
1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist on this day in history.
1835 John La Farge, US painter on March - 31.
1837 Death of English landscape painter John Constable on March - 31.
1837 On this day in history robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
1837 On March - 31 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60
1838 On March - 31 leon Dierx, French poet
1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS) on this day in history.
1840 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on March - 31.
1841 First performance of Robert Schumann's first Symphony in B on this day in history.
1841 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B on this day in history.
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