Historical Events In January - 03

1752  On this day in history east Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed   

1757  On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer   

1759  On this day in history marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed   

1761  Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 on January - 03.   

1763  On January - 03 joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator   

1777  On January - 03 general George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton.   

1777  Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ on January - 03.   

1777  On January - 03 louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

1780  On January - 03 danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," first sung   

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung on this day in history.   

1786  Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer on January - 03.   

1789  Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher on January - 03.   

1793  On this day in history lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist   

1795  On January - 03 josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64   

1802  On January - 03 feliks Ostrowski, composer   

1803  On this day in history douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)   

1810  Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24] on this day in history.   

1819  Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892 on January - 03.   

1823  On this day in history stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.   

1823  Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community   

1829  On January - 03 john G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian   

1829  Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48 on January - 03.   

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer on this day in history.   

1831  First US building &loan association organized, Frankford PA on January - 03.   

1831  1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn on this day in history.   

1833  On January - 03 britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic   

1834  On this day in history the government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.   

1835  On this day in history larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor   

1836  Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65 on January - 03.   

1840  On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

1840  1st deep sea sounding on this day in history.   

1840  Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82   

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1196  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on January - 03.   

1624  William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America was born on January - 03.   

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on January - 03.   

1698  Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on January - 03.   

1710  Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1719  Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On January - 03 birth of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)   

1730  On January - 03 birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician   

0235  On January - 03 death of pope St Anterus (b. unknown)   

1098  Death of Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1322  Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies on this day in history.   

1437  Death of Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401) on January - 03.   

1501  Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies   

1552  On January - 03 henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64   

1560  Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.