8th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1702
  • Ireland
  • "Birth of Anne Bonny, notorious pirate in the crew of Captain Jack Rackham" more
  • 1753
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of William Roscoe, campaigner against slavery" more
  • 1859
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Kenneth Grahame, British writer (The Wind in the Willows)"
• event
  • 1655
  • United States
  • "John Casor was declared to be a slave, the first person to be legally recognised as a slave in the North American Colonies. His owner Anthony Johnson was also black." more
  • 1702
  • Great Britain
  • "Queen Anne's reign starts, the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty." more
  • 1817
  • United States
  • The New York Stock exchange was founded. more
  • 1910
  • France
  • Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot license. more
  • 1989
  • China
  • Martial law was imposed in Lhasa after 3 days of demonstrations against Chinese rule of Tibet
• Death
  • 1144
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Celestine II more
  • 1961
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor" more
  • 1983
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of William Walton, British composer ."
  • 1999
  • United States
  • "Death of Joe DiMaggio, American baseball star"