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

1789  On October - 03 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 this day in history cipriani Potter, composer  

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

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1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.  

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

1820  On this day in history 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  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on October - 03.  

1834  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer  

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

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 October - 03.  

1854  William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on October - 03.  

1859  On October - 03 elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)  

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

1862  On October - 03 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 this day in history johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)  

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer  

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

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  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer  

1716  On October - 03 birth of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)  

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.  

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

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on this day in history.  

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23  

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

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on October - 03.