Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1862  General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO on March - 03.   

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 this day in history 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 March - 03.   

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

1863  Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

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

1863  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent   

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

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

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

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

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

1877  On March - 03 rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President   

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

1878  Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on this day in history.   

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

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

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

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

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 March - 03.   

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

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

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London