Page 3: Historical Events In May - 03

1810  On May - 03 lord Byron swims Hellespont   

1811  Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

1815  Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on this day in history.   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1816  Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 03 nicola De Giosa, composer   

1822  On this day in history society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France)   

1822  Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.   

1826  On this day in history charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet   

1830  The first regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1830  On May - 03 1st regular steam train passenger service starts   

1837  The University of Athens is founded on May - 03.   

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on May - 03.   

1841  New Zealand becomes a British colony on May - 03.   

1841  On May - 03 cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74   

1844  On May - 03 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist   

1845  On May - 03 fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China   

1845  The first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts) on this day in history.   

1845  1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass) on this day in history.   

1846  Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas on May - 03.   

1849  On May - 03 the May Uprising in Dresden begins   

1849  Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun) on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die   

1851  Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die on May - 03.   

1854  William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1855  On May - 03 antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

1856  On this day in history adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 03 charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

1861  On this day in history general Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on May - 03.   

1861  Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on May - 03.   

1861  On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80   

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0612  On May - 03 birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

1415  On May - 03 birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)   

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 03.   

1152  On May - 03 death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.