Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

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

1778  On October - 03 capt Cook anchors at Alaska   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  On this day in history francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866   

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  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on this day in history.   

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on October - 03.   

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

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  On October - 03 josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1833  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on October - 03.   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on October - 03.   

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

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

1860  Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) on this day in history.   

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

1862  On October - 03 -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi   

1862  On October - 03 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  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on October - 03.   

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

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  On October - 03 pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator   

1871  Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard) on October - 03.   

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on October - 03.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer   

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  On October - 03 death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

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

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 this day in history.   

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on October - 03.   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on October - 03.   

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