This day in History - March 9

370 Historic Events for March 9
1741 Event English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
1745 Event Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
1747 Death Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
1753 Birth Jean-Baptiste Kl‚ber, French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus)
1758 Birth Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
1777 Birth Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1791 Birth George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1796 Event Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
1798 Event Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy
1800 Death Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30
1810 Birth Jean-Georges Kastner, composer
1812 Birth Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
1814 Birth Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
1819 Death Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41
1820 Event -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1820 Event James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
1822 Event Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
1824 Birth Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
1824 Death Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
1826 Birth Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer
1827 Death Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62
1831 Death Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79
1839 Birth Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
1839 Event Prussian govt limits work week for children to 51 hours
1839 Birth Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]