Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1862  On March - 03 general Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO   

1862  On this day in history battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces   

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

1863  On March - 03 congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

1863  On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

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

1863  Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

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

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on March - 03.   

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

1865  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  On March - 03 gustav Strube, composer   

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

1869  On March - 03 university of South Carolina opens to all races   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897 on March - 03.   

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

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

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 this day in history first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

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

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

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

1877  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on March - 03.   

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  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

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

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 March - 03.   

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  Edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust) was born on this day in history.   

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

1191  On this day in history 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  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 March - 03.   

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

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