Page 4: Historical Events In March - 03

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19] on March - 03.   

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

1862  On March - 03 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  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  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on March - 03.   

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

1863  On this day in history idaho Territory forms   

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

1863  1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21   

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  On March - 03 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer   

1867  Gustav Strube, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1873  Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps on March - 03.   

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

1873  On this day in history william Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)   

1875  On this day in history congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years   

1875  On March - 03 first recorded hockey game (Montréal)   

1875  Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) on March - 03.   

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

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 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 this day in history 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 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 March - 03 birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  On March - 03 birth of edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher   

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

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 this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies   

1635  Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies on this day in history.   

1703  Robert Hooke, scientific genius, dies in London on this day in history.