Page 2: Historical Events In January - 03

1752  East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed on this day in history.   

1757  On January - 03 johann Abraham Sixt, composer   

1759  On this day in history marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed   

1761  On this day in history willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73   

1763  On January - 03 joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator   

1777  General George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton on January - 03.   

1777  On this day in history washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ   

1777  Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker on this day in history.   

1780  On January - 03 danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," first sung   

1780  On January - 03 danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung   

1786  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer   

1789  Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher on this day in history.   

1793  On January - 03 lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist   

1795  On this day in history josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64   

1802  On this day in history feliks Ostrowski, composer   

1803  On January - 03 douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)   

1810  On January - 03 antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24]   

1819  On this day in history thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892   

1823  On this day in history stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.   

1823  Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community   

1829  John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian on January - 03.   

1829  Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48 on January - 03.   

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer on January - 03.   

1831  On January - 03 first US building &loan association organized, Frankford PA   

1831  1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn on January - 03.   

1833  On January - 03 britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic   

1834  The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City on January - 03.   

1835  Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor on this day in history.   

1836  Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1840  On January - 03 the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

1840  On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding   

1840  On this day in history father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

1841  Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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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 January - 03.   

1680  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker   

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  Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) was born on January - 03.   

1722  Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) was born on January - 03.   

1730  On January - 03 birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician   

0235  On January - 03 death of pope St Anterus (b. unknown)   

1098  On this day in history death of walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)   

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

1437  On January - 03 death of catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)   

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

1543  On this day in history juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies   

1552  On this day in history henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64   

1560  Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on January - 03.