Historical Events In December - 03
Thursday, 25 February 2021
1775 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies
1795 Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840) on this day in history.
1797 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore on this day in history.
1800 On December - 03 france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 On this day in history henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1807 On December - 03 clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
1809 On December - 03 thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1818 Illinois Enters the Union as the 21st state of the USA on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
1822 On this day in history charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1823 On December - 03 joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
1826 On December - 03 edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US on December - 03.
1829 On this day in history green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1833 Oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens on this day in history.
1833 On December - 03 oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
1834 First US dental society organized (New York) on December - 03.
1834 On this day in history 1st US dental society organized (NY)
1835 On this day in history first US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI)
1835 On December - 03 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
1838 On December - 03 cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
1839 Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres) on December - 03.
1844 On this day in history rC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
1847 On December - 03 frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star"
1847 Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" on this day in history.
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 The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic on this day in history.
1857 The birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist on December - 03.
1857 On December - 03 joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1857 On this day in history christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
1862 Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on this day in history.
1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN on December - 03.
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