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  On October - 03 washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

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 October - 03.   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1804  On October - 03 townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

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

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

1826  On October - 03 jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies   

1828  On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer   

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

1833  On this day in history composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

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  On this day in history andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  On October - 03 william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

1859  Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on October - 03.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1865  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on this day in history.   

1866  On October - 03 learmont Drysdale, composer   

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

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

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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 this day in history birth of sebastian Anton Scherer, composer   

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

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

1713  Antoine Dauvergne, composer was born on October - 03.   

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

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

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

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  On October - 03 death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  On October - 03 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)