Historical Events In May - 03

1810  Lord Byron swims Hellespont on May - 03.   

1811  Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia on this day in history.   

1815  Battle at Tolentino Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on May - 03.   

1815  Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples on this day in history.   

1815  Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist on May - 03.   

1816  On this day in history montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892   

1819  Nicola De Giosa, composer on May - 03.   

1822  Society for the Propagation of the Faith starts (Lyon, France) on May - 03.   

1822  Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) on this day in history.   

1826  Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet on May - 03.   

1830  On this day in history the first regular steam train passenger service starts   

1830  1st regular steam train passenger service starts on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

1839  On May - 03 ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67   

1841  New Zealand becomes a British colony on May - 03.   

1841  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on May - 03.   

1844  On this day in history edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist   

1845  On May - 03 fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China   

1845  On May - 03 the first black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Massachusetts)   

1845  On this day in history 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)   

1846  Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas on May - 03.   

1849  On May - 03 the May Uprising in Dresden begins   

1849  On this day in history jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)   

1851  Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die on this day in history.   

1851  Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die on this day in history.   

1854  On May - 03 william Beale, composer, dies at 70   

1855  On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

1856  On May - 03 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

1859  Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.   

1861  On this day in history general Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on May - 03.   

1861  On May - 03 gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

1861  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.   

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.   

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)   

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on May - 03.   

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal   

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on this day in history.   

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.   

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.   

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.   

1481  On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)