Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On this day in history dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS]   

1778  On October - 03 capt Cook anchors at Alaska   

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  Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed on this day in history.   

1800  On October - 03 george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

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

1804  Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan on October - 03.   

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on this day in history.   

1814  On October - 03 mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)   

1820  On October - 03 ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

1826  On this day in history jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  On this day in history josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1833  On this day in history composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on this day in history.   

1835  On October - 03 staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

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

1849  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 on October - 03.   

1853  Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on October - 03.   

1859  On October - 03 elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

1860  On October - 03 annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on this day in history.   

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  Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day   

1865  On October - 03 johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on this day in history.   

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

1871  On October - 03 stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on October - 03.   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

1716  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)   

1720  On October - 03 birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on this day in history.   

1226  On this day in history death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

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

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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

1611  On this day in history death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)