Historical Events In March - 09

1839  On this day in history felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928  

1841  US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) on March - 09.  

1842  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

1844  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice  

1847  Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico on this day in history.  

1848  Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer on March - 09.  

1849  Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres on March - 09.  

1850  Alexandre Luigini, composer on March - 09.  

1856  Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama on this day in history.  

1858  Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox on March - 09.  

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1860  The first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC on March - 09.  

1860  On March - 09 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington  

1861  Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history first battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia  

1862  On this day in history "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads  

1864  Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army on this day in history.  

1865  Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history the opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris  

1870  On this day in history theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65  

1873  Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded on this day in history.  

1874  Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer on this day in history.  

1875  Martin Fallas Shaw, composer on March - 09.  

1877  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist  

1877  On this day in history mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58  

1881  On this day in history enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician  

1882  On this day in history false teeth patented  

1883  On this day in history umberto Saba, writer  

1887  On March - 09 phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)  

1889  On this day in history battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV  

1889  Kansas passes first general antitrust law in US on March - 09.  

1889  On March - 09 battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV  

1890  Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN) on this day in history.  

1892  On March - 09 david Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)  

1893  On this day in history congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs  

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1213  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271) was born on March - 09.  

1285  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)  

1454  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) was born on this day in history.  

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history birth of aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint  

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)  

1697  Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) was born on this day in history.  

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on March - 09.  

1202  Death of King Sverre of Norway on March - 09.  

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on this day in history.  

1440  On March - 09 death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)  

1566  On this day in history death of david Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered  

1620  On this day in history aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59  

1649  Death of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) on this day in history.  

1661  On March - 09 jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58  

1688  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 on March - 09.