Page 2: Historical Events In August - 03
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
1779 On August - 03 henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27
1780 Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 on August - 03.
1784 On August - 03 giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78
1797 On August - 03 emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews
1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1800 On August - 03 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63
1801 The birth of Joseph Paxton, English architect on August - 03.
1801 On this day in history joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies on this day in history.
1811 On this day in history elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 on this day in history.
1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) on August - 03.
1818 On this day in history hM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)
1820 On August - 03 luther Orlando Emerson, composer
1823 On August - 03 thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1823 On August - 03 jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74
1824 William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 03.
1825 Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 on August - 03.
1829 On this day in history gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris
1832 Ivan Zajc, composer on this day in history.
1833 On August - 03 hMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist on this day in history.
1833 Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies on this day in history.
1835 Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina on this day in history.
1850 On August - 03 paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader on this day in history.
1852 First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on this day in history.
1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history fernand de La Tombelle, composer
1855 On this day in history rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
1858 On August - 03 source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered
1860 On this day in history american Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
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