Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

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

1778  On October - 03 capt Cook anchors at Alaska   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

1789  Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866 on October - 03.   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on October - 03.   

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

1800  George Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame) on October - 03.   

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

1804  Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan on this day in history.   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  On October - 03 mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)   

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1826  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies on this day in history.   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on this day in history.   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1833  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on October - 03.   

1834  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer   

1835  Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine"   

1849  On this day in history 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.   

1853  On this day in history andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on October - 03.   

1859  Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on October - 03.   

1860  On this day in history annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

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

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

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on this day in history.   

1862  Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on October - 03.   

1863  On October - 03 lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day   

1865  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator on October - 03.   

1871  On October - 03 stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  On this day in history birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 03.   

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

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on October - 03.   

1720  On this day in history birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  On this day in history death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on October - 03.   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.   

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 October - 03.   

1596  On October - 03 death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

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