Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On October - 03 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 October - 03 washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

1792  On October - 03 cipriani Potter, composer   

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  On this day in history john Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)   

1804  On October - 03 townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

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

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1828  On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1833  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on this day in history.   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on October - 03.   

1835  On October - 03 staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

1844  On this day in history patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine"   

1849  On this day in history 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.   

1853  On October - 03 andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on October - 03.   

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

1860  Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) on October - 03.   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on October - 03.   

1862  On this day in history -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi   

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on October - 03.   

1862  On this day in history pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  On this day in history pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator   

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

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on October - 03.   

1647  On October - 03 birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  On this day in history death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

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

1283  On this day in history 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  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on this day in history.   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on this day in history.