Page 3: Historical Events In May - 03

1810  On this day in history 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  Battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on this day in history.   

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

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on May - 03.   

1816  On May - 03 montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on this day in history.   

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

1822  Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 03 charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet   

1830  On this day in history the first regular steam train passenger service starts   

1830  1st regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

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

1841  On May - 03 new Zealand becomes a British colony   

1841  On this day in history cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74   

1844  On this day in history edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist   

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

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

1845  On May - 03 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)   

1846  On May - 03 mexican army surrounds fort in Texas   

1849  On this day in history the May Uprising in Dresden begins   

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

1851  On May - 03 most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die   

1851  On May - 03 most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die   

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

1855  Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens on May - 03.   

1856  Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 on May - 03.   

1859  On May - 03 andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)   

1860  On this day in history charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

1861  On May - 03 general Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  On May - 03 lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen   

1861  Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on this day in history.   

1861  On May - 03 anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

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

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

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

1535  On this day in history birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

1010  On this day in history ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.   

1160  On May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

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

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.   

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  On May - 03 death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)