Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

1761  Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS] on October - 03.   

1778  Capt Cook anchors at Alaska on October - 03.   

1789  Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  On October - 03 francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On October - 03 tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed   

1800  On October - 03 george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  On this day in history john Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)   

1804  On this day in history townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on this day in history.   

1820  On October - 03 ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

1826  On this day in history jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  On this day in history josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1833  On October - 03 composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on this day in history.   

1835  On October - 03 staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

1844  Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" on October - 03.   

1849  American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death on October - 03.   

1853  Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

1859  On October - 03 elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

1860  Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) on October - 03.   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on this day in history.   

1862  On October - 03 -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi   

1862  On this day in history john Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)   

1862  On this day in history pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on October - 03.   

1865  On this day in history johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  On October - 03 learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  On October - 03 birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on this day in history.   

1631  On October - 03 birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of john Foot, lawyer   

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on October - 03.   

1716  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)   

1720  On October - 03 birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on this day in history.   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.   

1283  On this day in history dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  On this day in history death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  On this day in history death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on October - 03.   

1611  On October - 03 death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)