Historical Events In August - 03

1779  On this day in history henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27  

1780  Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 on August - 03.  

1784  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78 on August - 03.  

1797  On August - 03 emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews  

1797  Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on August - 03.  

1800  On this day in history carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63  

1801  On August - 03 the birth of Joseph Paxton, English architect  

1801  On this day in history joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1802  On August - 03 henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies  

1811  On this day in history elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

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1811  On August - 03 sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49  

1816  On August - 03 john Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897  

1817  Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) on this day in history.  

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

1820  On this day in history luther Orlando Emerson, composer  

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

1823  On this day in history jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74  

1824  On August - 03 william Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1825  Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 on August - 03.  

1829  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris  

1832  Ivan Zajc, composer on this day in history.  

1833  HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro on August - 03.  

1833  Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist on August - 03.  

1833  Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies on August - 03.  

1835  Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 03.  

1847  On this day in history jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina  

1850  Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper) on this day in history.  

1851  Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader on this day in history.  

1852  First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on August - 03.  

1852  1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on this day in history.  

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

1855  On August - 03 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens  

1858  Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on August - 03.  

1860  American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY on August - 03.  

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1509  On this day in history birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  On this day in history birth of august Kuhnel, composer  

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

1748  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on August - 03.  

1770  On August - 03 birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)  

1801  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history.  

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

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

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on August - 03.  

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander  

1621  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)