Historical Events In December - 03
Saturday, 19 April 2025
0450 Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03.
0741 On December - 03 st Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1137 On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.
1265 On December - 03 odofredus, Italian jurist
1347 On this day in history pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1368 Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) on this day in history.
1463 On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist on this day in history.
1491 Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.
1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form on this day in history.
1576 Marsilio Casentini, composer on this day in history.
1586 On December - 03 sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 On December - 03 galileo perfects the telescope
1621 On December - 03 galileo invents telescope
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes on December - 03.
1660 Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 03.
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer on December - 03.
1676 On December - 03 battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 On this day in history daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1678 On December - 03 edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
1684 On this day in history ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)
1685 On December - 03 charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 On this day in history english parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague on this day in history.
1729 On December - 03 padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 On December - 03 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 On December - 03 gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 Josef Gelinek, composer on December - 03.
1775 On December - 03 first official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)