Historical Events In January - 03

1752  On this day in history east Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed  

1757  On January - 03 johann Abraham Sixt, composer  

1759  On January - 03 marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed  

1761  Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 on January - 03.  

1763  Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator on January - 03.  

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

1777  Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ on this day in history.  

1777  On January - 03 louis Poinsot, French instrument worker  

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," first sung on January - 03.  

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung on January - 03.  

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1786  On January - 03 johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer  

1789  On January - 03 carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher  

1793  Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist on this day in history.  

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

1802  On January - 03 feliks Ostrowski, composer  

1803  On this day in history 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  On January - 03 jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer  

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

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

1829  Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer on January - 03.  

1831  First US building &loan association organized, Frankford PA on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history 1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn  

1833  Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic on January - 03.  

1834  On this day in history the government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.  

1835  On this day in history larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor  

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

1840  On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded  

1840  1st deep sea sounding on this day in history.  

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 January - 03.  

1624  On January - 03 birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America  

1680  On January - 03 birth of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker  

1698  On January - 03 birth of pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)  

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

1719  On January - 03 birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)  

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

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

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

1098  Death of Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) on January - 03.  

1322  On this day in history philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies  

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

1501  On January - 03 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  On January - 03 henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64  

1560  Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.