Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On March - 03 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  On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

1863  Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 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  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 March - 03.   

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

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

1865  On March - 03 bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established on this day in history.   

1865  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer on March - 03.   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on March - 03.   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1873  On this day in history 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  On March - 03 georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)   

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

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

1877  On March - 03 garrett Morgan, African-American inventor   

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 this day in history.   

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

1879  US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior on March - 03.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 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  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

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