Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]   

1862  On March - 03 general Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO   

1862  Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces on this day in history.   

1863  Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on March - 03.   

1863  Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on March - 03.   

1863  Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

1863  Idaho Territory forms on March - 03.   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

1863  On this day in history 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

1864  Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on March - 03.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on March - 03.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established on March - 03.   

1865  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on March - 03.   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on March - 03.   

1869  University of South Carolina opens to all races on this day in history.   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on March - 03.   

1871  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on March - 03.   

1872  On March - 03 wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897   

1873  Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps on March - 03.   

1873  On March - 03 uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

1873  On this day in history william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

1875  On this day in history congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years   

1875  On this day in history first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

1875  On March - 03 georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)   

1875  1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) on March - 03.   

1877  On March - 03 rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President   

1877  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

1879  The first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) on March - 03.   

1879  On this day in history the United States Geological Survey was established   

1879  On March - 03 uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior   

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

1554  Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 on March - 03.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London