Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1862  General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces on March - 03.   

1863  Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

1863  On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on March - 03.   

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

1863  Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

1864  On March - 03 ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history university of South Carolina opens to all races   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on this day in history.   

1871  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on this day in history.   

1872  Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897 on this day in history.   

1873  On March - 03 congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps   

1873  On this day in history uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

1873  On March - 03 william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

1875  Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years on this day in history.   

1875  First recorded hockey game (Montréal) on March - 03.   

1875  Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) on March - 03.   

1875  On this day in history 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)   

1877  On this day in history rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President   

1877  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on March - 03.   

1878  On March - 03 bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

1879  The first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) on this day in history.   

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

1879  On this day in history uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

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

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On this day in history johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

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  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.