Page 2: Historical Events In January - 03

1757  Johann Abraham Sixt, composer   

1759  Marquis and Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed   

1761  Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73   

1763  Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator.   

1777  General George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton   

1777  Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ.   

1777  Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," inaugural sung   

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung.   

1786  Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer   

1789  Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher   

1793  Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist.   

1795  Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64   

1802  Feliks Ostrowski, composer.   

1803  Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)   

1810  Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24].   

1819  Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892   

1823  Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.   

1823  Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer.   

1825  Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community.   

1829  John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian   

1829  Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48   

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer   

1831  inaugural US building and loan association organized, Frankford PA.   

1831  1st US building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn.   

1833  Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic   

1834  The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.   

1835  Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor.   

1836  Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65.   

1840  The inaugural deep sea sounding is recorded.   

1840  1st deep sea sounding   

1840  Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii.   

1841  Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82   

1847  California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco.   

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1196  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1624  William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America was born on this day in history.   

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on this day in history.   

1698  Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on January - 03.   

1710  On this day in history birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)   

1719  On this day in history birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)   

1722  Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) was born on this day in history.   

1730  Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.   

0235  Death of Pope St Anterus (b. unknown) on January - 03.   

1098  Death of Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1322  Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies on January - 03.   

1437  On this day in history death of catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)   

1501  On this day in history ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59   

1543  Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies on this day in history.   

1552  Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56