Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On October - 03 dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS]  

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 October - 03 washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26  

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

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on October - 03.  

1795  Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed on October - 03.  

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

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on October - 03.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 October - 03.  

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  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  On October - 03 annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)  

1862  On October - 03 battle of Corinth, Miss  

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day  

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

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on October - 03.  

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

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

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on October - 03.  

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

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

0695  On October - 03 death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered  

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

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

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