Page 3: Historical Events In March - 09

1839  On March - 09 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 this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan   

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

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

1848  Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer on this day in history.   

1849  On March - 09 carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres   

1850  On this day in history alexandre Luigini, composer   

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

1858  Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1862  On March - 09 first battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia   

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

1864  On this day in history ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army   

1865  Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) on March - 09.   

1868  The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris on March - 09.   

1870  Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history royal Canadian Mounted Police founded   

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

1875  On March - 09 martin Fallas Shaw, composer   

1877  On March - 09 emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist   

1877  Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1881  Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history false teeth patented   

1883  Umberto Saba, writer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN)   

1892  On this day in history 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  On March - 09 birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

1285  Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) was born on March - 09.   

1454  On this day in history birth of amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)   

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

1568  On March - 09 birth of aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint   

1629  Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1202  On March - 09 death of king Sverre of Norway   

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

1440  Death of St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) on March - 09.   

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

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

1649  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

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

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