Historical Events In December - 03
Friday, 26 July 2024
0450 Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.
0741 St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III on December - 03.
1137 Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.
1154 On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1265 On this day in history odofredus, Italian jurist
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics on this day in history.
1368 On this day in history charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1463 On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1483 On December - 03 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1491 Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.
1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form on December - 03.
1576 On December - 03 marsilio Casentini, composer
1586 On December - 03 sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 Galileo perfects the telescope on December - 03.
1621 Galileo invents telescope on December - 03.
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes on December - 03.
1660 On this day in history jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer on December - 03.
1676 On this day in history battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried on December - 03.
1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford on December - 03.
1684 On December - 03 ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)
1685 On this day in history charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 On December - 03 english parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 On December - 03 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1752 On December - 03 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
1753 On this day in history samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington) on this day in history.
1758 On December - 03 josef Gelinek, composer
1775 On December - 03 first official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)