Historical Events In March - 03

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

1862  On this day in history general Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO   

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  Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.   

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

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

1863  On this day in history idaho Territory forms   

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

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

1865  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  On this day in history gustav Strube, composer   

1868  On this day in history alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer   

1869  University of South Carolina opens to all races on March - 03.   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on March - 03.   

1871  On March - 03 congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent   

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

1873  Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps on this day in history.   

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1875  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

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

1879  On March - 03 the first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)   

1879  The United States Geological Survey was established on March - 03.   

1879  On March - 03 uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior   

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

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 03 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1580  On March - 03 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