Page 3: Historical Events In March - 09

1839  On this day in history felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928   

1841  US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) on this day in history.   

1842  On March - 09 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan   

1844  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice   

1847  Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico on March - 09.   

1848  On March - 09 martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer   

1849  On March - 09 carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres   

1850  On this day in history alexandre Luigini, composer   

1856  Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama on this day in history.   

1858  Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox on March - 09.   

1860  On this day in history the first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC   

1860  On this day in history 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington   

1861  On this day in history confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000   

1862  On March - 09 first battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia   

1862  On this day in history "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads   

1864  Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army on this day in history.   

1865  Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) on March - 09.   

1868  The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris on March - 09.   

1870  On this day in history theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65   

1873  Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded on this day in history.   

1874  Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer on this day in history.   

1875  On March - 09 martin Fallas Shaw, composer   

1877  On this day in history emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist   

1877  On this day in history mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58   

1881  On March - 09 enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician   

1882  False teeth patented on March - 09.   

1883  Umberto Saba, writer on March - 09.   

1887  Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI) on March - 09.   

1889  Battle at Gallabat (Metema); Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV on March - 09.   

1889  On March - 09 kansas passes first general antitrust law in US   

1889  Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV on this day in history.   

1890  Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN) on March - 09.   

1892  On March - 09 david Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)   

1893  Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs on March - 09.   

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1213  On this day in history birth of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)   

1285  On March - 09 birth of emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)   

1454  On this day in history birth of amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)   

1564  David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) was born on March - 09.   

1568  Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint was born on March - 09.   

1629  On March - 09 birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1697  On this day in history birth of friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)   

1720  Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1202  Death of King Sverre of Norway on this day in history.   

1422  Death of Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) on this day in history.   

1440  On March - 09 death of st Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)   

1566  Death of David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered on this day in history.   

1620  Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 on March - 09.   

1649  On this day in history death of james Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)   

1661  On this day in history jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58   

1688  On March - 09 claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89