Page 3: Historical Events In May - 03

1810  Lord Byron swims Hellespont on this day in history.   

1811  On May - 03 thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia.   

1815  Battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on May - 03.   

1815  Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on this day in history.   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1816  On May - 03 montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on this day in history.   

1822  Society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France) on this day in history.   

1822  Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.   

1826  On this day in history charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet   

1830  On this day in history the first regular steam train passenger service starts   

1830  1st regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1837  The University of Athens is founded on this day in history.   

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on May - 03.   

1841  New Zealand becomes a British colony on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 03 cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74   

1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist on May - 03.   

1845  On May - 03 fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China   

1845  On May - 03 the first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts)   

1845  On May - 03 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)   

1846  On this day in history mexican army surrounds fort in Texas   

1849  On May - 03 the May Uprising in Dresden begins   

1849  Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun) on May - 03.   

1851  On May - 03 most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die   

1851  Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die on May - 03.   

1854  William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on May - 03.   

1855  On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

1856  On this day in history adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) on this day in history.   

1860  On May - 03 charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

1861  General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on May - 03.   

1861  On this day in history lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen   

1861  Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on May - 03.   

1861  On May - 03 anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.   

1415  On this day in history birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)   

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1446  On this day in history 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  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 May - 03.   

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

1152  On May - 03 death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)   

1160  On this day in history 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 this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies   

1410  On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies   

1442  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)