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  On this day in history battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

1815  On May - 03 battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples   

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

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

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on May - 03.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history new Zealand becomes a British colony   

1841  On this day in history cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74   

1844  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist on this day in history.   

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

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

1845  On this day in history 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 this day in history jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

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

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

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 May - 03.   

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 May - 03.   

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

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

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

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0612  On this day in history birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)   

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

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

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on May - 03.   

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

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

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 May - 03.   

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

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  On May - 03 death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)