Historical Events In January - 03

1752  East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed on January - 03.  

1757  Johann Abraham Sixt, composer on January - 03.  

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  On this day in history joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator  

1777  On this day in history general George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton.  

1777  On January - 03 washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ  

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

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

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 January - 03.  

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

1795  Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 January - 03 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 on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian  

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

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history first US building &loan association organized, Frankford PA  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1836  Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65 on January - 03.  

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

1840  1st deep sea sounding on January - 03.  

1840  On January - 03 father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii  

1841  On this day in history wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82  

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1196  On January - 03 birth of emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)  

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

1680  Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on January - 03.  

1698  Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1710  Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) was born on January - 03.  

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  On this day in history birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician  

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

1437  Death of Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401) on January - 03.  

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

1543  Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies on January - 03.  

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

1560  On January - 03 peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56