Historical Events In December - 03
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
1775 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) on December - 03.
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 this day in history.
1800 On this day in history france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 On December - 03 henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies on December - 03.
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 December - 03.
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 On December - 03 edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1828 On December - 03 andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US
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 December - 03.
1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens on this day in history.
1834 First US dental society organized (New York) on this day in history.
1834 1st US dental society organized (NY) on December - 03.
1835 First US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI) on December - 03.
1835 On December - 03 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
1838 Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) on this day in history.
1839 Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1842 On December - 03 ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)
1844 On December - 03 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 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 on December - 03.
1855 On December - 03 the Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic.
1857 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist.
1857 On this day in history joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1857 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1862 Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on December - 03.
1863 On this day in history longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
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