Page 2: Historical Events In August - 03

1779  Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27 on August - 03.   

1780  On August - 03 etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64   

1784  On this day in history giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78   

1797  Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews on August - 03.   

1797  On August - 03 jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80   

1800  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1801  The birth of Joseph Paxton, English architect on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)   

1802  On August - 03 henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies   

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 August - 03.   

1816  On August - 03 john Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897   

1817  On August - 03 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)   

1818  On this day in history hM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp)   

1820  On August - 03 luther Orlando Emerson, composer   

1823  Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 on August - 03.   

1823  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1829  On August - 03 gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris   

1832  Ivan Zajc, composer on August - 03.   

1833  HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro on this day in history.   

1833  Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies   

1835  On August - 03 wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67   

1847  On this day in history jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina   

1850  Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper) on August - 03.   

1851  On August - 03 isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader   

1852  First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on August - 03.   

1852  1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on this day in history.   

1854  Fernand de La Tombelle, composer on August - 03.   

1855  On August - 03 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

1858  Source of the Nile river, Lake Victoria, discovered on August - 03.   

1860  On August - 03 american Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY   

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1509  On this day in history birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)   

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.   

1748  On August - 03 birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer   

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.   

1801  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)   

1808  On August - 03 birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)   

1811  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)   

0808  On August - 03 p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China   

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies   

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1546  On August - 03 death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)   

1604  On this day in history death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

1621  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)