Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

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

1778  On this day in history capt Cook anchors at Alaska   

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

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1803  On October - 03 john Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)   

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

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.   

1814  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1834  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer   

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

1844  Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1853  On October - 03 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 October - 03.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Corinth, Miss   

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

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

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

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

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

1866  On October - 03 learmont Drysdale, composer   

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

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

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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  On October - 03 birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

1647  On this day in history birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  On October - 03 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 October - 03 birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

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

1283  On October - 03 dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

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 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.