Historical Events In March - 03

1768  On this day in history nicola Antonio Porpora, composer, dies at 81  

1776  On March - 03 uS commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas  

1791  Congress establishes US Mint on this day in history.  

1791  First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) on this day in history.  

1791  1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) on March - 03.  

1792  On March - 03 robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63  

1793  On March - 03 ch Sealsfield, writer  

1794  On this day in history first performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D  

1794  Richard Allen founded AME Church on this day in history.  

1794  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D on this day in history.  

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1800  Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1801  On March - 03 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia  

1803  On this day in history the first impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins  

1803  On this day in history 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins  

1805  Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms on March - 03.  

1809  Sophia Hawthorne, writer on March - 03.  

1811  On this day in history vissarion Belinsky, Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review)  

1812  On this day in history uS Congress passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)  

1812  On March - 03 uS passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)  

1813  On this day in history office of Surgeon General of the US army is established  

1813  Office of surgeon general of the US army forms on March - 03.  

1814  On this day in history charles Kensington Salaman, composer  

1815  US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute on this day in history.  

1817  On March - 03 mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi  

1820  On March - 03 missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri  

1820  Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81  

1823  Guyla Andressy Sr, premier of Hungary (1867-71) on March - 03.  

1824  Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70 on March - 03.  

1828  On this day in history karl Collan, composer  

1831  The birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages on March - 03.  

1831  George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car) on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans LA  

1835  On March - 03 congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana  

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1455  On this day in history birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)  

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on March - 03.  

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.  

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.  

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.  

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  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.  

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

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52  

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on this day in history.  

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.  

1554  On March - 03 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