Historical Events In December - 03
Friday, 17 January 2025
0450 On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
0741 St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III on December - 03.
1137 Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.
1154 On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1265 On December - 03 odofredus, Italian jurist
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics on this day in history.
1368 On December - 03 charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1463 On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.
1483 On December - 03 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1491 On this day in history thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form on December - 03.
1576 On this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer
1586 On December - 03 sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 On this day in history galileo perfects the telescope
1621 Galileo invents telescope on this day in history.
1639 On December - 03 1st annulment by court decree passes
1660 On December - 03 jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer on December - 03.
1676 On this day in history battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 On this day in history daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford on this day in history.
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) on this day in history.
1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden on December - 03.
1694 On December - 03 english parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague on December - 03.
1729 On December - 03 padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer on this day in history.
1752 On December - 03 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine) on this day in history.
1755 On December - 03 gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 On this day in history josef Gelinek, composer
1775 First official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) on this day in history.