Historical Events In July - 03

1801  On July - 03 johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56   

1802  On this day in history joseph Labitzky, composer   

1806  Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry on this day in history.   

1806  Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry on this day in history.   

1809  Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1814  On July - 03 americans capture Fort Erie, Canada   

1814  On this day in history americans capture Fort Erie Canada   

1814  Janis Cimze, composer on July - 03.   

1816  French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas on this day in history.   

1816  Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 on July - 03.   

1819  On this day in history the first bank in the U.S. opened in New York City. Business was brisk with $2,807 deposited in the Bank for Savings.   

1819  On July - 03 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors   

1819  Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer on this day in history.   

1821  F Kornberger, writer on July - 03.   

1828  John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on July - 03.   

1839  The first state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students on July - 03.   

1839  1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students on July - 03.   

1841  John Couch Adams decides to determine the position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus on this day in history.   

1841  John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus on July - 03.   

1844  The last pair of Great Auks is killed on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history achilles Alferaki, composer   

1848  On this day in history slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)   

1849  On this day in history the French entered Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.   

1850  Alfredo Kiel, composer on July - 03.   

1852  Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif) on July - 03.   

1853  Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan on this day in history.   

1855  Piotr Maszynski, composer on this day in history.   

1860  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist on July - 03.   

1861  On July - 03 pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY   

1861  Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)   

1862  Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history william Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40   

1863  Battle of Gettysbeurg, during the American Civil War, ends on July - 03.   

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1423  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

1442  On July - 03 birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)   

1530  On this day in history birth of claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)   

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on July - 03.   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on July - 03.   

1683  Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1687  Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch) was born on July - 03.   

0683  On July - 03 leo II, Pope (681-83), dies   

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on July - 03.   

1642  On this day in history maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69   

1672  On this day in history death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)   

1704  On July - 03 death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)   

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on July - 03.   

1778  On July - 03 jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies