Page 2: Historical Events In April - 03

1695  On April - 03 melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58   

1720  On April - 03 elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi   

1721  Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury on this day in history.   

1721  On April - 03 robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister   

1727  On this day in history philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver   

1751  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer   

1756  On this day in history marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.   

1757  On April - 03 ferenc Verseghy, composer   

1764  Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king on this day in history.   

1764  John Abernethy, London, surgeon on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71   

1776  Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College on April - 03.   

1783  On this day in history sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce   

1783  On this day in history the birth of Washington Irving, American author   

1783  Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce on April - 03.   

1783  Washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created   

1797  On April - 03 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

1797  On April - 03 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

1798  On April - 03 charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877   

1811  On April - 03 pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83   

1812  Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I) on April - 03.   

1822  Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) on this day in history.   

1822  Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1823  William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC) on April - 03.   

1825  On April - 03 adolf Rzepko, composer   

1826  On April - 03 financial panic hits New Brunswick as word spreads that banks in London had failed and the timber trade had collapsed; so-called Black Monday.   

1826  On April - 03 reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies   

1834  On April - 03 the generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.   

1837  On April - 03 john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

1838  Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82) on this day in history.   

1838  Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1842  On April - 03 ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1848  Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher on April - 03.   

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1151  Igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202) was born on this day in history.   

1245  Philips III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85) was born on April - 03.   

1367  On this day in history birth of henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413)   

1438  On this day in history birth of john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland   

1485  Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherland poet was born on April - 03.   

1529  On this day in history birth of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)   

1569  On April - 03 birth of giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer   

1593  On this day in history birth of george Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)   

0033  Death of Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington) on this day in history.   

0628  On April - 03 death of chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son   

0963  Death of William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915) on this day in history.   

1287  Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies on this day in history.   

1350  On April - 03 death of eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)   

1512  On this day in history richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies   

1525  On this day in history giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49   

1581  On this day in history huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies