Page 3: Historical Events In March - 09

1839  On March - 09 felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928   

1841  US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) on this day in history.   

1842  On March - 09 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan   

1844  On March - 09 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice   

1847  Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico on this day in history.   

1848  Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer on this day in history.   

1849  Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres on March - 09.   

1850  Alexandre Luigini, composer on this day in history.   

1856  Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama on this day in history.   

1858  Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox on this day in history.   

1860  On March - 09 the first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC   

1860  1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington on March - 09.   

1861  Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 on this day in history.   

1862  First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia on March - 09.   

1862  "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads on March - 09.   

1864  Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army on March - 09.   

1865  Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) on this day in history.   

1868  The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris on March - 09.   

1870  On March - 09 theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65   

1873  On this day in history royal Canadian Mounted Police founded   

1874  On this day in history johann Richard Ohlsson, composer   

1875  On this day in history martin Fallas Shaw, composer   

1877  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist   

1877  On this day in history mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58   

1881  On this day in history enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician   

1882  False teeth patented on March - 09.   

1883  Umberto Saba, writer on March - 09.   

1887  Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI) on March - 09.   

1889  On this day in history battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV   

1889  Kansas passes first general antitrust law in US on this day in history.   

1889  Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV on this day in history.   

1890  On March - 09 vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN)   

1892  David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) on this day in history.   

1893  Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs on March - 09.   

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1213  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) was born on March - 09.   

1285  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)   

1454  On March - 09 birth of amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)   

1564  On March - 09 birth of david Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)   

1568  Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on March - 09.   

1720  On this day in history birth of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)   

1202  Death of King Sverre of Norway on March - 09.   

1422  On this day in history death of jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)   

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on this day in history.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on March - 09.   

1649  On March - 09 death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

1661  On March - 09 jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58   

1688  On this day in history claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89