Historical Events In October - 03
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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