Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]   

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 March - 03.   

1863  On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

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

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

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

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 March - 03.   

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  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 March - 03.   

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

1867  On this day in history gustav Strube, composer   

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

1869  On this day in history university of South Carolina opens to all races   

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

1871  On March - 03 congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent   

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

1873  On March - 03 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  First recorded hockey game (Montréal) on this day in history.   

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

1875  On March - 03 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 this day in history.   

1878  Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on March - 03.   

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   

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

1500  On March - 03 birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  On this day in history birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

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  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

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

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  On this day in history 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 March - 03.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

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.