Historical Events In March - 03
1409 Austrian civil war ends
1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1634 The first tavern in Boston opens, it is not Cheers
1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1655 Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1776 US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
1791 Congress establishes US Mint
1791 First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
1794 First performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D
1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church
1803 The first impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1812 US Congress passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1813 Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established
1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
1842 US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts)
1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
1845 Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.
1845 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.
1845 US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's)
1847 Alexander Graham Bell speech therapist, audiologist, inventor, was born on this day in Edinburgh Scotland
1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
1849 Territory of Minnesota is organized
1849 US Department of the Interior established by Congress
1851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3¢ piece)
1853 Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress
1853 US Assay Office in New York NY authorized
1855 Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
1855 Registration of letters authorized by Congress
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom
