Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

1761  Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS] on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history capt Cook anchors at Alaska   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on October - 03.   

1789  On this day in history francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866   

1792  Cipriani Potter, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed   

1800  On this day in history george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on October - 03.   

1804  Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan on October - 03.   

1807  Heinrich Panofka, composer on October - 03.   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on this day in history.   

1820  On October - 03 ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74   

1826  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies on October - 03.   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on October - 03.   

1833  On October - 03 composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on October - 03.   

1835  On October - 03 staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.   

1844  On this day in history patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine"   

1849  On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

1853  On October - 03 andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  On October - 03 william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

1859  Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on October - 03.   

1860  On this day in history annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

1862  Battle of Corinth, Miss on October - 03.   

1862  On October - 03 -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi   

1862  On this day in history john Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)   

1862  On October - 03 pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day on this day in history.   

1865  On October - 03 johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname)   

1866  Learmont Drysdale, composer on this day in history.   

1867  Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 03 stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  On this day in history birth of entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist   

1605  On October - 03 birth of li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor   

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On October - 03 birth of johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer   

1647  John Foot, lawyer was born on October - 03.   

1713  On this day in history birth of antoine Dauvergne, composer   

1716  Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on October - 03.   

0695  On October - 03 death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered   

1226  On October - 03 death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on this day in history.   

1369  On this day in history death of margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)   

1564  On October - 03 death of christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned   

1568  On October - 03 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

1596  On October - 03 death of florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)   

1611  On this day in history death of charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)