Page 2: Historical Events In April - 03

1695  On April - 03 melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58   

1720  On this day in history elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi   

1721  Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury on April - 03.   

1721  Robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister on April - 03.   

1727  On this day in history philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver   

1751  Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer on April - 03.   

1756  Marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham on April - 03.   

1757  On April - 03 ferenc Verseghy, composer   

1764  On this day in history austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king   

1764  On April - 03 john Abernethy, London, surgeon   

1769  On April - 03 gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71   

1776  On April - 03 washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College   

1783  Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history the birth of Washington Irving, American author   

1783  Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce on April - 03.   

1783  Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

1798  On April - 03 charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877   

1811  On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83   

1812  Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I) on this day in history.   

1822  On April - 03 edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)   

1822  Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies on April - 03.   

1823  On this day in history william Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)   

1825  On April - 03 adolf Rzepko, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1834  The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason on this day in history.   

1837  John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) on April - 03.   

1838  On this day in history leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)   

1838  Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 on April - 03.   

1842  On April - 03 ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1848  Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher on April - 03.   

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1151  On this day in history birth of igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202)   

1245  On this day in history birth of philips III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85)   

1367  On April - 03 birth of henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413)   

1438  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland was born on April - 03.   

1485  On this day in history birth of lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet   

1529  Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581) was born on April - 03.   

1569  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer   

1593  George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs) was born on this day in history.   

0033  Death of Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington) on this day in history.   

0628  Death of Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son on April - 03.   

0963  On this day in history death of william III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)   

1287  On April - 03 honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies   

1350  Death of Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1512  Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49   

1581  Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies on April - 03.