Historical Events In October - 03

1761  Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS] on October - 03.   

1778  Capt Cook anchors at Alaska on this day in history.   

1789  Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on October - 03.   

1789  Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

1789  Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866 on October - 03.   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on October - 03.   

1795  On October - 03 tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed   

1800  George Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame) on October - 03.   

1803  On October - 03 john Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)   

1804  Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan on this day in history.   

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on October - 03.   

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1826  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies on this day in history.   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on this day in history.   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1833  On October - 03 composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on this day in history.   

1835  Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany on this day in history.   

1844  Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

1853  On this day in history andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  On this day in history william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

1859  Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on October - 03.   

1860  Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) on October - 03.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Corinth, Miss   

1862  -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on October - 03.   

1862  On this day in history john Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)   

1862  On October - 03 pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator on this day in history.   

1871  Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard) on this day in history.   

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on this day in history.   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.   

1283  On October - 03 dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  On this day in history death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.   

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  On October - 03 death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on this day in history.