Historical Events In May - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1810 Lord Byron swims Hellespont on May - 03.
1811 Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia on this day in history.
1815 On May - 03 battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
1815 On this day in history battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
1815 Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
1816 On May - 03 montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
1819 On this day in history nicola De Giosa, composer
1822 Society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.
1822 Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.
1826 On this day in history charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
1830 The first regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.
1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.
1837 The University of Athens is founded on May - 03.
1839 Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on May - 03.
1841 On this day in history new Zealand becomes a British colony
1841 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1844 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist on May - 03.
1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China on this day in history.
1845 The first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts) on May - 03.
1845 On this day in history 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
1846 Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas on this day in history.
1849 The May Uprising in Dresden begins on May - 03.
1849 On May - 03 jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
1851 On May - 03 most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die
1851 On May - 03 most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
1854 William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on May - 03.
1855 On May - 03 antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
1856 Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
1859 Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) on this day in history.
1860 On May - 03 charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1861 General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on May - 03.
1861 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on May - 03.
1861 On this day in history gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
1861 Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
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