Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]   

1862  On this day in history general Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO   

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

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

1863  Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on March - 03.   

1863  On March - 03 federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on March - 03.   

1863  Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history idaho Territory forms   

1863  On March - 03 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  On March - 03 bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

1865  On March - 03 bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established   

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

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on March - 03.   

1868  Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer on March - 03.   

1869  University of South Carolina opens to all races on March - 03.   

1869  Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) on this day in history.   

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 March - 03 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 March - 03.   

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

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

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

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

1877  Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President on March - 03.   

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

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  On March - 03 the United States Geological Survey was established   

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 this day in history.   

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

1606  On March - 03 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 March - 03.   

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

1191  Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on March - 03.