Page 2: Historical Events In April - 03
Saturday, 22 March 2025
1695 On this day in history 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 Robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister on this day in history.
1727 On April - 03 philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver
1751 On April - 03 jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer
1756 Marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham on this day in history.
1757 Ferenc Verseghy, composer on this day in history.
1764 On this day in history austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1764 On this day in history john Abernethy, London, surgeon
1769 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1776 On April - 03 washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
1783 Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce on this day in history.
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 On this day in history washington Irving, US writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
1790 Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created on April - 03.
1797 CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system on April - 03.
1797 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on April - 03.
1798 On this day in history 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 Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I) on April - 03.
1822 On this day in history edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)
1822 Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies on April - 03.
1823 William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC) on April - 03.
1825 On April - 03 adolf Rzepko, composer
1826 On this day in history 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 Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history the generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1837 On this day in history john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
1838 On this day in history leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)
1838 Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 on April - 03.
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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