Page 2: 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 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  On October - 03 cipriani Potter, composer   

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

1800  George Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history heinrich Panofka, composer   

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

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  On October - 03 josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

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 this day in history.   

1844  On October - 03 patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine"   

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 October - 03.   

1854  On October - 03 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  On this day in history battle of Corinth, Miss   

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

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 October - 03 learmont Drysdale, composer   

1867  On this day in history pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator   

1871  Stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard) on October - 03.   

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on October - 03.   

1605  Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor was born on October - 03.   

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 this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)   

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

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 October - 03 death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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)