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  Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces on this day in history.   

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

1863  Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 03 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  On this day in history gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

1863  On March - 03 idaho Territory forms   

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

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

1864  On March - 03 ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

1865  On this day in history bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks   

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

1865  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on March - 03.   

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  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 this day in history congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps   

1873  US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively on March - 03.   

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 March - 03.   

1875  On March - 03 georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)   

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

1877  On March - 03 rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President   

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  On this day in history the United States Geological Survey was established   

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

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

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 this day in history.   

1606  On March - 03 birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On this day in history birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 03.   

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

1635  On this day in history philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies   

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