Page 2: Historical Events In December - 03

1775  1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) on this day in history.   

1789  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on December - 03.   

1795  On December - 03 rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)   

1797  Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 illinois Enters the Union as the 21st state of the USA   

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

1822  Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on December - 03.   

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

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

1828  Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US on December - 03.   

1829  Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 on December - 03.   

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

1833  On this day in history oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens   

1834  On December - 03 first US dental society organized (New York)   

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

1835  On this day in history first US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI)   

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

1838  On this day in history 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  Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres) on December - 03.   

1844  On this day in history rC Society Apostole of Prayer forms   

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

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

1854  On this day in history 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  The birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist on December - 03.   

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

1857  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)   

1863  Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN on this day in history.   

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1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  On December - 03 birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

1560  On this day in history birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

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  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on this day in history.   

1463  On this day in history louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

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.