Page 2: Historical Events In April - 03

1695  On this day in history melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58   

1720  On this day in history elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi   

1721  On this day in history robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury   

1721  On this day in history robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister   

1727  On April - 03 philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver   

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

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  Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king on April - 03.   

1764  John Abernethy, London, surgeon on April - 03.   

1769  Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  The birth of Washington Irving, American author on April - 03.   

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

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

1790  Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created on April - 03.   

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

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

1798  On this day in history charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877   

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

1812  On this day in history louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I)   

1822  On April - 03 edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)   

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

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  The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason on this day in history.   

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

1838  On April - 03 leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  George Herbert, English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs) was born on April - 03.   

0033  On April - 03 death of christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys & Waddington)   

0628  On this day in history death of chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son   

0963  On this day in history death of william III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)   

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

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

1512  On April - 03 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.