Historical Events In May - 03

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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1428  On May - 03 birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on May - 03.   

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.   

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

1010  On this day in history ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

1481  On May - 03 death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)