Historical Events In December - 03
Monday, 20 January 2025
0450 On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
0741 St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III on December - 03.
1137 On this day in history lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1265 On December - 03 odofredus, Italian jurist
1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics on this day in history.
1368 Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) on December - 03.
1463 On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.
1483 On December - 03 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1491 Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.
1533 On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form on this day in history.
1576 On this day in history marsilio Casentini, composer
1586 On December - 03 sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 Galileo perfects the telescope on December - 03.
1621 Galileo invents telescope on December - 03.
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes on this day in history.
1660 On December - 03 jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried on December - 03.
1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford on this day in history.
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) on this day in history.
1685 On this day in history charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years on December - 03.
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague on this day in history.
1729 Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) on December - 03.
1750 On this day in history johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1752 Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer on December - 03.
1753 On December - 03 samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington) on December - 03.
1758 Josef Gelinek, composer on December - 03.
1775 On December - 03 first official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)