Page 2: Historical Events In May - 03

1662  On this day in history royal charter granted Connecticut   

1678  French conquering fleet at Curaçao, 1200 die on May - 03.   

1678  French conquering fleet at Curacao, 1200 die on this day in history.   

1692  Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51) on May - 03.   

1703  Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies on May - 03.   

1704  On this day in history heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59   

1707  On May - 03 michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53   

1708  Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer on this day in history.   

1715  Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads" on May - 03.   

1722  On May - 03 pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance" premieres in Paris France   

1722  On May - 03 pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris   

1729  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer on May - 03.   

1737  On this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer   

1737  Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 on May - 03.   

1742  On May - 03 jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer   

1744  On May - 03 freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer   

1747  Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht on May - 03.   

1752  Braz Francisco de Lima, composer on this day in history.   

1758  On May - 03 benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83   

1764  Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI on May - 03.   

1764  On this day in history francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53   

1765  On May - 03 thr first US medical college opens in Philadelphia   

1765  On May - 03 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia   

1773  Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat on May - 03.   

1783  Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 on May - 03.   

1791  On this day in history the Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.   

1792  Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 on May - 03.   

1802  Washington DC incorporates as a city on this day in history.   

1802  On May - 03 washington, D C is incorporated as a city   

1802  Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city on this day in history.   

1808  Goya's "Executions of the 3rd of May" on May - 03.   

1808  On May - 03 goya's "Executions of 3rd of May"   

1810  On May - 03 lord Byron swam the Hellespont* this day. It is a 40 mi. (64 km) long, 1-5 mi. (1.6-8 km) wide strait between European and Asian Turkey   

1810  On this day in history lord Byron swims the Hellespont   

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0612  On May - 03 birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

1415  On May - 03 birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)   

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

1010  On May - 03 ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.   

1160  On May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  On May - 03 jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on May - 03.