Page 3: Historical Events In May - 03

1810  On May - 03 lord Byron swims Hellespont   

1811  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 on May - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist   

1816  On this day in history montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  On this day in history nicola De Giosa, composer   

1822  On May - 03 society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France)   

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

1826  On May - 03 charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet   

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

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

1837  On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

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

1841  New Zealand becomes a British colony on May - 03.   

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

1844  On this day in history edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist   

1845  Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China on May - 03.   

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

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 this day in history the May Uprising in Dresden begins   

1849  On this day in history jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

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

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

1854  On this day in history william Beale, composer, dies at 70   

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 May - 03.   

1860  On May - 03 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  On May - 03 gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  On this day in history 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 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  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.   

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

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

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on May - 03.   

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

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

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

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  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.   

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

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