Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19] on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1863  Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on March - 03.   

1863  Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on March - 03.   

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

1863  Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 idaho Territory forms   

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

1863  1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

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

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on this day in history.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established on this day in history.   

1865  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  On this day in history gustav Strube, composer   

1868  On March - 03 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  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

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 March - 03.   

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

1875  Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) on this day in history.   

1875  1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) on March - 03.   

1877  Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President on this day in history.   

1877  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history 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  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   

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

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

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 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 March - 03.   

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  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.