Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1795  Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on October - 03.   

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

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  On this day in history mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)   

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

1826  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies on October - 03.   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1834  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Corinth, Miss   

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

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on this day in history.   

1862  Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  On October - 03 lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day   

1865  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on October - 03.   

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on October - 03.   

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

1871  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  On October - 03 birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  On this day in history 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 October - 03 birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

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

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

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

1226  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.   

1369  On October - 03 death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  On this day in history death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

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.