Page 2: Historical Events In December - 03

1775  On this day in history 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)   

1789  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)   

1797  Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore on this day in history.   

1800  France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici) on this day in history.   

1806  Henry Alexander Wise, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on December - 03.   

1807  On this day in history clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies   

1809  On this day in history thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

1818  Illinois Enters the Union as the 21st state of the USA on December - 03.   

1818  Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) on December - 03.   

1822  Charles Adam Heckman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on December - 03.   

1823  Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1826  On December - 03 edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist   

1828  Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US on December - 03.   

1829  Green Berry Raum, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history oberlin College in OH, first truly coeducational college opens   

1833  On December - 03 oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens   

1834  First US dental society organized (New York) on December - 03.   

1834  On December - 03 1st US dental society organized (NY)   

1835  On this day in history first US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (RI)   

1835  On this day in history 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)   

1838  Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) on this day in history.   

1839  On December - 03 frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71   

1842  Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres) on this day in history.   

1844  On December - 03 rC Society Apostole of Prayer forms   

1847  Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper " North Star" on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"   

1854  Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences on December - 03.   

1855  The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic on December - 03.   

1857  On December - 03 the birth of Joseph Conrad, british novelist.   

1857  On this day in history joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)   

1857  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)   

1863  Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN on this day in history.   

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1368  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on December - 03.   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on December - 03.   

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

1576  On this day in history birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on December - 03.   

1729  On this day in history birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.   

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On this day in history louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

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