March 8th, 1781

Born on March 8th, 1781

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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same year
Born in 1781

67

George Stephenson

English civil and mechanical engineer and the "Father of Railways" (1781-1848)

*June 9th, 1781, 19th arrondissement of Paris †August 12th, 1848, Tapton House

60

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Prussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841)

*March 13th, 1781, Neuruppin †October 9th, 1841, Berlin

67

Bernard Bolzano

Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)

*October 5th, 1781, Prague †December 18th, 1848, Prague

44

Thomas Stamford Raffles

British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826)

*July 6th, 1781, Jamaica †July 5th, 1826, London

86

David Brewster

British astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

*December 11th, 1781, Jedburgh †February 10th, 1868, Melrose

47

Mauro Giuliani

Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer (1781-1829)

*July 27th, 1781, Bisceglie †May 8th, 1829, Naples

50

Ludwig Achim von Arnim

German poet and novelist

*January 26th, 1781, Palais Wrangel †May 21st, 1831, Wiepersdorf manor

42

Eugène de Beauharnais

French nobleman, statesman, and military commander (1781–1824)

*September 3rd, 1781, Paris †February 21st, 1824, Munich

77

Valentín Gómez Farías

President of Mexico (1781-1858)

*February 14th, 1781, Guadalajara †July 5th, 1858, Mexico City

82

Caroline Bardua

German painter (1781–1864)

*November 11th, 1781, Ballenstedt †June 2nd, 1864, Ballenstedt

45

Johann Baptist von Spix

German naturalist (1781-1826)

*January 9th, 1781, Höchstadt an der Aisch †March 13th, 1826, Munich

7

Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France

Prince of France (1781-1789)

*October 22nd, 1781, Versailles †June 4th, 1789, Château de Meudon

51

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause

German philosopher

*May 6th, 1781, Eisenberg †September 27th, 1832, Munich

86

John D. Sloat

Military Governor of California (1781-1867)

*July 26th, 1781, Sloatsburg station †November 28th, 1867, New Brighton

76

Johann Georg Keil

German author (1781-1857)

*March 20th, 1781, Gotha †July 1st, 1857, Leipzig

69

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este

Austrian archduke (1781-1850)

*April 25th, 1781, Milan †November 5th, 1850, Altmünster

79

Friedrich Tiedemann

German zoologist

*August 23rd, 1781, Kassel †January 22nd, 1861, Munich

74

John M. Berrien

American politician from Georgia, United States (1781-1856)

*August 23rd, 1781, Rocky Hill †January 1st, 1856, Savannah

55

Juan Pedro Aguirre

Politician (1781-1837)

*October 19th, 1781, Buenos Aires †July 17th, 1837, Buenos Aires

81

Cornelius de Greiff

German entrepreneur

*June 8th, 1781, Krefeld †April 16th, 1863, Krefeld

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1781 is a normal year and no leap year.

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