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

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  On October - 03 cipriani Potter, composer   

1795  On this day in history tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed   

1800  On this day in history george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  On October - 03 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 this day in history.   

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

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on October - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1834  On October - 03 vilem Blodek, composer   

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  On October - 03 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  On this day in history william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

1859  Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on this day in history.   

1860  Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin) on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on October - 03.   

1862  -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on this day in history.   

1862  On October - 03 john Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)   

1862  On October - 03 pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

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

1865  On October - 03 johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  On October - 03 pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator   

1871  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  On this day in history birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  On October - 03 birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1713  On October - 03 birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

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

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  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

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

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on this day in history.