Page 3: Historical Events In March - 31

1844  On this day in history andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)   

1847  On March - 31 jarolslaw Zielinski, composer   

1848  On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer   

1849  Colonel John W Geary arrives as first postmaster of San Francisco on March - 31.   

1849  Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF on this day in history.   

1850  US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population 3,638,808 (15.7%)) on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 31 uS population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))   

1850  On this day in history john Calhoun, dies at 68   

1854  On March - 31 treaty of Kanagawa Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade   

1854  On March - 31 treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US   

1854  Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine) on March - 31.   

1854  Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade on this day in history.   

1855  Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1861  Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans on this day in history.   

1862  Civil War action at Island #10 on the Mississippi River on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River   

1863  On March - 31 battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA   

1865  On this day in history battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House)   

1865  General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg on March - 31.   

1865  Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) on March - 31.   

1866  On March - 31 the Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.   

1868  On March - 31 chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China   

1868  On March - 31 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist   

1870  On this day in history thomas P Mundy became first black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)   

1870  On March - 31 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)   

1872  On March - 31 sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)   

1877  On this day in history british high director/Governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown   

1877  On this day in history antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75   

1878  On this day in history jack Johnson is first black to hold a heavyweight boxing title   

1878  Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title on March - 31.   

1878  On this day in history jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)   

1880  On this day in history the First town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash IN)   

1880  1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN) on this day in history.   

1880  On March - 31 henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44   

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0250  Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) was born on this day in history.   

1360  On this day in history birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)   

1425  On March - 31 birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)   

1499  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65) was born on March - 31.   

1504  Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  On March - 31 birth of king Henry II of France (d. 1559)   

1536  On March - 31 birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)   

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on March - 31.   

1340  Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies on March - 31.   

1389  On March - 31 death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62   

1578  Death of Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered on this day in history.   

1621  On March - 31 felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42   

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)