Page 3: 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 this day in history.   

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

1816  Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892 on May - 03.   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on May - 03.   

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

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

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

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

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

1837  The University of Athens is founded on May - 03.   

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1841  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on May - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1845  The first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts) on this day in history.   

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

1846  Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas on May - 03.   

1849  The May Uprising in Dresden begins on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1859  On May - 03 andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)   

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

1861  General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on this day in history.   

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

1861  On this day in history gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

1428  On May - 03 birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)   

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie   

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

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)   

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer   

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

1152  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)   

1294  On May - 03 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  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on May - 03.   

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