Historical Events In April - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1695 On this day in history melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
1720 Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi on April - 03.
1721 On April - 03 robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury
1721 On this day in history robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister
1727 Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver on this day in history.
1751 On April - 03 jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer
1756 On April - 03 marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1757 Ferenc Verseghy, composer on April - 03.
1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king on this day in history.
1764 John Abernethy, London, surgeon on April - 03.
1769 On this day in history gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71
1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College on this day in history.
1783 On April - 03 sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce
1783 The birth of Washington Irving, American author on April - 03.
1783 On this day in history sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
1783 Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) on April - 03.
1790 Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created on April - 03.
1797 On April - 03 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system
1797 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877
1811 On April - 03 pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83
1812 On this day in history louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)
1822 Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
1823 On this day in history william Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)
1825 Adolf Rzepko, composer on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history financial panic hits New Brunswick as word spreads that banks in London had failed and the timber trade had collapsed; so-called Black Monday.
1826 Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies on April - 03.
1834 On April - 03 the generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1837 On April - 03 john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
1838 Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82) on this day in history.
1838 On this day in history francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57
1842 Ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1848 On April - 03 thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher
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