Historical Events In December - 03
Monday, 18 March 2024
1775 On this day in history 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1789 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore on December - 03.
1800 France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici) on December - 03.
1806 Henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on this day in history.
1807 On December - 03 clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
1809 Thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on December - 03.
1818 Illinois Enters the Union as the 21st state of the USA on December - 03.
1818 On December - 03 illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
1822 Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.
1823 Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US on December - 03.
1829 Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 on December - 03.
1833 On this day in history oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens
1833 On this day in history oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
1834 First US dental society organized (New York) on this day in history.
1834 1st US dental society organized (NY) on this day in history.
1835 First US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI) on December - 03.
1835 On this day in history 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
1838 Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) on December - 03.
1839 On this day in history frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1842 On December - 03 ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)
1844 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"
1847 On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
1854 On this day in history eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
1855 On this day in history the Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic.
1857 On December - 03 the birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist.
1857 Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness) on December - 03.
1857 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on December - 03.
1862 On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN on this day in history.
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