Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19] on March - 03.   

1862  On March - 03 general Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO   

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

1863  On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

1863  On March - 03 congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

1863  Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on March - 03.   

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  On this day in history idaho Territory forms   

1863  On this day in history uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

1864  On this day in history ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established   

1865  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer on March - 03.   

1867  On this day in history gustav Strube, composer   

1868  On March - 03 alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer   

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  On this day in history congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent   

1872  On March - 03 wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897   

1873  On this day in history congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps   

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on this day in history.   

1873  William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) on this day in history.   

1875  On March - 03 congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years   

1875  First recorded hockey game (Montréal) on March - 03.   

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

1875  1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) on March - 03.   

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

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

1878  On this day in history bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

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 March - 03.   

1239  Death of Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187) on March - 03.   

1459  On March - 03 ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

1554  On March - 03 johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50   

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  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.