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 this day in history.   

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

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

1789  Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

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  On October - 03 townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on October - 03.   

1820  On this day in history ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

1826  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies on October - 03.   

1828  On October - 03 woldemar Bargiel, composer   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on October - 03.   

1833  On this day in history composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1854  On October - 03 william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

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

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

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on October - 03.   

1862  -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on October - 03.   

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on October - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1865  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on October - 03.   

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on this day in history.   

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

1871  Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard) on this day in history.   

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1573  On October - 03 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

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

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

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on October - 03.   

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

1226  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

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

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on October - 03.   

1564  On October - 03 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 this day in history death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on October - 03.