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

1863  Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

1863  On this day in history federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

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

1863  Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress on March - 03.   

1863  On March - 03 idaho Territory forms   

1863  US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1865  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer on this day in history.   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on this day in history.   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on this day in history.   

1869  University of South Carolina opens to all races on this day in history.   

1869  On March - 03 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 this day in history wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897   

1873  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

1875  On this day in history first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

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 March - 03 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  On March - 03 the United States Geological Survey was established   

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1500  Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1520  On March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1589  On March - 03 birth of gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist   

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  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)   

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

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 this day in history ausias March, Catalan poet, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London