Page 4: 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  On this day in history battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces   

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

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  On March - 03 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

1863  Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history idaho Territory forms   

1863  US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

1863  1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted on March - 03.   

1864  Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established   

1865  On this day in history alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)   

1871  On this day in history congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent   

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

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

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on March - 03.   

1873  William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) on this day in history.   

1875  Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years on March - 03.   

1875  On March - 03 first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

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  Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on March - 03.   

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

1879  On March - 03 the United States Geological Survey was established   

1879  US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior on this day in history.   

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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  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

1583  On this day in history 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  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

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

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On this day in history pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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

1239  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.