Historical Events In December - 03
Monday, 23 May 2022
1775 On December - 03 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1789 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on December - 03.
1795 On this day in history rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 On this day in history francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 On this day in history france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 Henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on this day in history.
1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies on December - 03.
1809 On this day in history 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 Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.
1823 Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on December - 03.
1826 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist on this day in history.
1828 On December - 03 andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US
1829 Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 on December - 03.
1833 Oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens on December - 03.
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 December - 03 1st US dental society organized (NY)
1835 On this day in history first US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI)
1835 On this day in history 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 On this day in history ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)
1844 On December - 03 rC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
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 December - 03 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 December - 03 the Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic.
1857 The birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist on December - 03.
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 On this day in history longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
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