Page 2: Historical Events In January - 03

1752  East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed on January - 03.   

1757  Johann Abraham Sixt, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On January - 03 marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed   

1761  Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 on January - 03.   

1763  Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator on January - 03.   

1777  On January - 03 general George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton.   

1777  Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ on January - 03.   

1777  On January - 03 louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," first sung on January - 03.   

1780  Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung on this day in history.   

1786  Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher   

1793  On this day in history lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist   

1795  Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64 on January - 03.   

1802  Feliks Ostrowski, composer on this day in history.   

1803  Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag) on January - 03.   

1810  On this day in history antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24]   

1819  Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892 on January - 03.   

1823  Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico on this day in history.   

1823  On January - 03 jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer   

1825  On January - 03 scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community   

1829  On January - 03 john G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian   

1829  On January - 03 robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48   

1830  Alexander Ewing, composer on January - 03.   

1831  First US building &loan association organized, Frankford PA on this day in history.   

1831  On January - 03 1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn   

1833  On this day in history britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic   

1834  The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City on this day in history.   

1835  Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor on January - 03.   

1836  On January - 03 friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65   

1840  On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

1840  On January - 03 1st deep sea sounding   

1840  Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1841  On January - 03 wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82   

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1196  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1624  On January - 03 birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America   

1680  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker   

1698  Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on January - 03.   

1710  On January - 03 birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)   

1719  Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) was born on January - 03.   

1722  On this day in history birth of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)   

1730  On this day in history birth of charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician   

0235  On January - 03 death of pope St Anterus (b. unknown)   

1098  On January - 03 death of walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown)   

1322  On January - 03 philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies   

1437  Death of Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1501  On January - 03 ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59   

1543  On this day in history juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies   

1552  Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1560  Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on January - 03.