Historical Events In May - 03

1810  On May - 03 lord Byron swims Hellespont  

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 this day in history.  

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

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on May - 03.  

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

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on May - 03.  

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

1822  On this day in history society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)  

1826  Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet on May - 03.  

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1830  The first regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.  

1830  1st regular steam train passenger service starts on May - 03.  

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

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

1841  On May - 03 new Zealand becomes a British colony  

1841  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1845  Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China on this day in history.  

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

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

1846  On May - 03 mexican army surrounds fort in Texas  

1849  On this day in history the May Uprising in Dresden begins  

1849  On May - 03 jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)  

1851  On this day in history most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die  

1851  Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die on this day in history.  

1854  William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens  

1856  On May - 03 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27  

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

1860  On this day in history charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.  

1861  On May - 03 general Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan  

1861  Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on May - 03.  

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

1861  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on May - 03.  

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.  

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

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

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on May - 03.  

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on May - 03.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.  

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)  

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

1442  On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies  

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