Page 2: Historical Events In May - 03
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 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 On May - 03 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
1737 Friedrich Schwindl, composer on May - 03.
1737 On this day in history abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
1742 On May - 03 jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
1744 On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
1747 On this day in history willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
1752 On May - 03 braz Francisco de Lima, composer
1758 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1764 On May - 03 elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
1764 On May - 03 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 this day in history.
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 The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on this day in history.
1792 Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 on May - 03.
1802 On May - 03 washington DC incorporates as a city
1802 Washington, D C is incorporated as a city on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 Lord Byron swims the Hellespont on May - 03.
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