Page 2: Historical Events In December - 03

1775  1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) on December - 03.   

1789  On December - 03 claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies   

1795  Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840) on December - 03.   

1797  On December - 03 francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore   

1800  On this day in history france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)   

1806  On December - 03 henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876   

1807  On December - 03 clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies   

1809  Thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on December - 03.   

1818  Illinois Enters the Union as the 21st state of the USA on December - 03.   

1818  Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) on December - 03.   

1822  Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

1823  Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on December - 03.   

1826  On this day in history edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist   

1828  On December - 03 andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US   

1829  Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 on this day in history.   

1833  Oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens on December - 03.   

1833  On December - 03 oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens   

1834  First US dental society organized (New York) on this day in history.   

1834  1st US dental society organized (NY) on this day in history.   

1835  On December - 03 first US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI)   

1835  1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) on this day in history.   

1838  On December - 03 cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)   

1839  On December - 03 frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71   

1842  On December - 03 ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres)   

1844  RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms on this day in history.   

1847  Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on December - 03.   

1847  On December - 03 frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"   

1854  On December - 03 eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.   

1855  On December - 03 the Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic.   

1857  On December - 03 the birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist.   

1857  Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness) on this day in history.   

1857  On December - 03 christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80   

1862  Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32) on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 03 longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN   

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  On this day in history birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1668  On this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.   

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on December - 03.   

1265  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.   

1491  On December - 03 thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.