Historical Events In December - 03
Wednesday, 08 July 2020
1775 On this day in history 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1789 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on December - 03.
1795 Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840) on December - 03.
1797 On this day in history francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici) on December - 03.
1806 On December - 03 henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1807 On December - 03 clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
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 December - 03.
1818 Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) on December - 03.
1822 Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.
1823 On December - 03 joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
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 this day in history.
1833 Oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens on this day in history.
1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens on December - 03.
1834 First US dental society organized (New York) on December - 03.
1834 1st US dental society organized (NY) on this day in history.
1835 First US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI) on December - 03.
1835 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) on this day in history.
1838 On this day in history cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
1839 On December - 03 frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres) on December - 03.
1844 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms on this day in history.
1847 Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on December - 03.
1847 On December - 03 frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
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 this day in history.
1855 The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic on December - 03.
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 On this day in history christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
1862 Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on December - 03.
1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN on this day in history.
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