Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19] on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

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

1863  On this day in history 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  On March - 03 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 March - 03 alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer   

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  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

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  On March - 03 first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

1875  Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) on this day in history.   

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

1877  On this day in history rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President   

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

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

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

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

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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 this day in history.   

1239  On this day in history death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on March - 03.   

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London