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  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  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  Idaho Territory forms on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

1863  On March - 03 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

1864  On this day in history ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

1865  On this day in history bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

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

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

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On March - 03 alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer   

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

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

1873  On March - 03 congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps   

1873  On this day in history uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

1873  William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) on March - 03.   

1875  Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years on March - 03.   

1875  On March - 03 first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

1875  On this day in history 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  Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on March - 03.   

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

1520  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575) was born on March - 03.   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

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  On this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On March - 03 johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

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 this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London