Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19] on March - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1863  Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on March - 03.   

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

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 this day in history gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

1863  Idaho Territory forms on March - 03.   

1863  US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

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

1864  Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on this day in history.   

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  Gustav Strube, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On March - 03 alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer   

1869  University of South Carolina opens to all races on this day in history.   

1869  On March - 03 henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)   

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  On this day in history congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps   

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on March - 03.   

1873  On March - 03 william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

1875  On March - 03 congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years   

1875  On this day in history first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

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  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on this day in history.   

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

1879  On this day in history the first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)   

1879  On this day in history the United States Geological Survey was established   

1879  On this day in history uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on March - 03.   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

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  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on March - 03.   

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

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London