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  On May - 03 french conquering fleet at Curacao, 1200 die   

1692  On May - 03 jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)   

1703  Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1707  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 on May - 03.   

1708  On May - 03 johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer   

1715  On May - 03 edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"   

1722  Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance" premieres in Paris France on this day in history.   

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

1729  Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer on May - 03.   

1737  Friedrich Schwindl, composer on May - 03.   

1737  On May - 03 abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65   

1742  On May - 03 jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer   

1744  Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer on May - 03.   

1747  On May - 03 willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht   

1752  On May - 03 braz Francisco de Lima, composer   

1758  On this day in history benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83   

1764  On this day in history elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI   

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  1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia on May - 03.   

1773  On this day in history giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat   

1783  On May - 03 pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49   

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 this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history washington DC incorporates as a city   

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  On this day in history goya's "Executions of the 3rd of May"   

1808  Goya's "Executions of 3rd of May" on this day in history.   

1810  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 on this day in history.   

1810  Lord Byron swims the Hellespont on this day in history.   

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

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

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

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

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

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1010  On this day in history ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69   

1152  On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

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 this day in history.   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.   

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 this day in history.