Famous Birthdays In August - 03

1509  On August - 03 birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.  

1692  On August - 03 birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)  

1748  On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer  

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.  

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1808  On this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)  

1811  On August - 03 birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

1816  On this day in history birth of john Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897  

1817  On this day in history birth of albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)  

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1818  On this day in history birth of hM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)  

1820  Luther Orlando Emerson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1820  William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 was born on this day in history.  

1823  Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.  

1824  William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1832  Ivan Zajc, composer was born on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history birth of auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist  

1847  On August - 03 birth of jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina  

1850  Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper) was born on August - 03.  

1850  On this day in history birth of reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)  

1851  On August - 03 birth of isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader  

1854  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1855  Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1856  Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born on August - 03.  

1860  On August - 03 birth of w. K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)  

1867  On this day in history birth of stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)  

1871  Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) was born on this day in history.  

1872  Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) was born on August - 03.  

1873  On August - 03 birth of albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)  

1874  On this day in history birth of eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)  

1878  On this day in history birth of constantino Gaito, composer  

1882  Charles O'Neill, composer was born on August - 03.  

1882  Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer was born on August - 03.  

1884  Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) was born on this day in history.  

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0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on August - 03.  

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on this day in history.  

1460  On August - 03 death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)  

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on this day in history.  

1530  On August - 03 philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies  

1546  On this day in history death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)  

1604  Death of Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander on August - 03.  

1621  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on this day in history.