Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

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

1862  General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces on March - 03.   

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 March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

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

1865  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on March - 03.   

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

1869  On this day in history henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)   

1871  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on March - 03.   

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

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

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

1873  On this day in history 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 March - 03.   

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

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

1877  Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1879  The United States Geological Survey was established on March - 03.   

1879  US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior on this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 03 jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.