Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On March - 03 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]   

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 this day in history.   

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  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

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

1863  Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

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 March - 03.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established on March - 03.   

1865  On this day in history alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  On this day in history gustav Strube, composer   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on this day in history.   

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

1869  On this day in history henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)   

1871  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on March - 03.   

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

1873  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1875  First recorded hockey game (Montréal) on this day in history.   

1875  On March - 03 georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)   

1875  1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) on this day in history.   

1877  Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President on March - 03.   

1877  On this day in history garrett Morgan, African-American inventor   

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

1879  The first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) on March - 03.   

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

1879  US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior on March - 03.   

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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 this day in history 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  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

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

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on March - 03.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on March - 03.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on this day in history.   

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

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.