This day in History - March 1

504 Historic Events for March 1
1832 Birth Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer
1835 Birth Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade)
1837 Birth Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
1837 Birth William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
1838 Birth Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
1841 Birth Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881)
1841 Birth Romualdo Marenco, composer
1845 Event President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1847 Event Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
1848 Birth Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece)
1852 Birth Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman
1854 Event SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again
1856 Birth Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)
1858 Birth Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist
1859 Event Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
1859 Death Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61
1860 Birth Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
1864 Event Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
1864 Birth Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree
1864 Event Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1865 Death Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70
1865 Birth Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)
1866 Event Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
1867 Event Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
1867 Event Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)