Historical Events In December - 03
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0450 On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
0741 On this day in history st Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1137 Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1154 Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.
1265 On December - 03 odofredus, Italian jurist
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics on December - 03.
1368 On December - 03 charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1463 On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist on December - 03.
1491 Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.
1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form on this day in history.
1576 On this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer
1586 On December - 03 sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 On this day in history galileo perfects the telescope
1621 Galileo invents telescope on this day in history.
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes on December - 03.
1660 Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 03.
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried on this day in history.
1678 On December - 03 edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) on December - 03.
1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden on this day in history.
1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years on December - 03.
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 On December - 03 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1752 On December - 03 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine) on December - 03.
1755 On December - 03 gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 On this day in history josef Gelinek, composer
1775 On December - 03 first official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)