Historical Events In April - 03

1695  Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 on April - 03.  

1720  Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi on April - 03.  

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

1721  Robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister on this day in history.  

1727  Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver on this day in history.  

1751  Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer on April - 03.  

1756  On April - 03 marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.  

1757  Ferenc Verseghy, composer on this day in history.  

1764  On April - 03 austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king  

1764  On this day in history john Abernethy, London, surgeon  

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1769  On April - 03 gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71  

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

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

1783  The birth of Washington Irving, American author on this day in history.  

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

1783  On April - 03 washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)  

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

1797  CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system on April - 03.  

1797  Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1811  On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

1812  On April - 03 louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)  

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

1822  On this day in history friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies  

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

1825  Adolf Rzepko, composer on April - 03.  

1826  Financial panic hits New Brunswick as word spreads that banks in London had failed and the timber trade had collapsed; so-called Black Monday on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies  

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

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

1838  On this day in history leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)  

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

1842  Ulric Dahlgren, Col (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

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

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1151  On this day in history birth of igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (d. 1202)  

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

1367  Henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413) was born on April - 03.  

1438  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland was born on April - 03.  

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  Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer was born on April - 03.  

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

0033  On this day in history death of christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington)  

0628  Death of Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son on April - 03.  

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

1287  On April - 03 honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies  

1350  Death of Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295) on April - 03.  

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  Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies on this day in history.