Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On this day in history dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS]   

1778  Capt Cook anchors at Alaska on this day in history.   

1789  Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on October - 03.   

1789  On this day in history 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 this day in history george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on this day in history.   

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

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  On this day in history mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems)   

1820  On October - 03 ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

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

1828  On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69 on October - 03.   

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

1860  On October - 03 annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on October - 03.   

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

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

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

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

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on this day in history.   

1716  On October - 03 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 October - 03.   

1226  Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181) on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  Death of Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541) on October - 03.   

1611  On this day in history death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)