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 March - 03.   

1862  On this day in history battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces   

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  On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

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 March - 03 idaho Territory forms   

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

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

1864  Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on March - 03.   

1865  On March - 03 bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

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

1865  On this day in history alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

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 March - 03.   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on March - 03.   

1871  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

1875  Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years on this day in history.   

1875  First recorded hockey game (Montréal) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)   

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

1877  Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history garrett Morgan, African-American inventor   

1878  On March - 03 bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)   

1879  On this day in history the first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)   

1879  The United States Geological Survey was established on this day in history.   

1879  On March - 03 uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior   

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1455  King John II of Portugal (d. 1495) was born on March - 03.   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

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  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  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  Pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

1703  On March - 03 robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London