Historical Events In May - 03

1810  Lord Byron swims Hellespont on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia.   

1815  On May - 03 battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

1815  On May - 03 battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on May - 03.   

1816  On May - 03 montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on this day in history.   

1822  Society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.   

1822  On this day in history society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)   

1826  On May - 03 charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet   

1830  On this day in history the first regular steam train passenger service starts   

1830  1st regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history new Zealand becomes a British colony   

1841  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on May - 03.   

1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist on this day in history.   

1845  On May - 03 fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China   

1845  The first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts) on May - 03.   

1845  1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass) on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history mexican army surrounds fort in Texas   

1849  The May Uprising in Dresden begins on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

1851  Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die on May - 03.   

1851  On this day in history most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die   

1854  William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on May - 03.   

1855  Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens on this day in history.   

1856  Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 03 charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

1861  General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on May - 03.   

1861  Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on this day in history.   

1861  Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80   

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0612  On this day in history birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

1010  On May - 03 ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on this day in history.   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on May - 03.