Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On this day in history dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS]   

1778  Capt Cook anchors at Alaska on this day in history.   

1789  Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  On October - 03 francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.   

1795  Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed on this day in history.   

1800  On October - 03 george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on October - 03.   

1804  On this day in history townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on October - 03.   

1820  On October - 03 ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

1826  On this day in history jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies   

1828  On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on October - 03.   

1833  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer   

1835  On this day in history staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

1844  Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

1853  On October - 03 andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.   

1859  On October - 03 elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

1860  On October - 03 annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

1862  On October - 03 battle of Corinth, Miss   

1862  -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on this day in history.   

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on this day in history.   

1862  Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on October - 03.   

1865  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on this day in history.   

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on October - 03.   

1867  Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  On October - 03 birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.   

1631  On October - 03 birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on October - 03.   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on October - 03.   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on October - 03.   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

1226  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  On this day in history dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on October - 03.   

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.   

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on this day in history.   

1611  On October - 03 death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)