Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On March - 03 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 March - 03 battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces   

1863  Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on March - 03.   

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

1863  Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

1863  On March - 03 idaho Territory forms   

1863  On March - 03 uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

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

1864  Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 on this day in history.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks on March - 03.   

1865  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established on March - 03.   

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

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on March - 03.   

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

1869  On March - 03 university of South Carolina opens to all races   

1869  On March - 03 henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)   

1871  Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent on March - 03.   

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

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

1873  On March - 03 uS Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively   

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

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

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

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 March - 03.   

1877  On March - 03 garrett Morgan, African-American inventor   

1878  Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) on March - 03.   

1879  On March - 03 the first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)   

1879  The United States Geological Survey was established on March - 03.   

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  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

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  Thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

0561  On March - 03 pelagius I, Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies   

1191  On March - 03 saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52   

1239  On March - 03 death of vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)   

1459  Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1580  Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On March - 03 philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

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