Page 3: Historical Events In March - 09

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

1841  On March - 09 uS Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)   

1842  On March - 09 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan   

1844  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

1847  On March - 09 commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico   

1848  On March - 09 martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer   

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

1850  On this day in history alexandre Luigini, composer   

1856  On March - 09 sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama   

1858  On March - 09 albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox   

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

1860  On this day in history 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington   

1861  On this day in history confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000   

1862  First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia on this day in history.   

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  On March - 09 margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918)   

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

1870  Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 on March - 09.   

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

1874  On this day in history johann Richard Ohlsson, composer   

1875  On this day in history martin Fallas Shaw, composer   

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

1877  On March - 09 mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58   

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

1882  False teeth patented on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history umberto Saba, writer   

1887  On this day in history phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)   

1889  Battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV on March - 09.   

1889  On this day in history kansas passes first general antitrust law in US   

1889  Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV on March - 09.   

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

1892  David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) on this day in history.   

1893  On March - 09 congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs   

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1213  On March - 09 birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

1285  On March - 09 birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)   

1454  On March - 09 birth of amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)   

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on March - 09.   

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  On March - 09 birth of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)   

1202  On March - 09 death of king Sverre of Norway   

1422  On March - 09 death of jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)   

1440  On this day in history death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on this day in history.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1661  Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89