Page 2: Historical Events In October - 03

1761  On October - 03 dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War [OS]   

1778  Capt Cook anchors at Alaska on this day in history.   

1789  On October - 03 washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  On this day in history washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26   

1789  Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866 on this day in history.   

1792  On October - 03 cipriani Potter, composer   

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

1800  On October - 03 george Bancroft, historian (Hall of Fame)   

1803  John Gorrie, inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration) on this day in history.   

1804  Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan on this day in history.   

1807  On October - 03 heinrich Panofka, composer   

1814  Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon & other poems) on October - 03.   

1820  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1826  On October - 03 jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies   

1828  Woldemar Bargiel, composer on October - 03.   

1828  On this day in history josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1833  Composer Hector Berlioz marries actress Harriet Smithson on October - 03.   

1834  Vilem Blodek, composer on October - 03.   

1835  Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany on this day in history.   

1844  Patrick Manson, "Father of tropical medicine" on this day in history.   

1849  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 on October - 03.   

1853  On this day in history andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69   

1854  On this day in history william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

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

1860  On October - 03 annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre, Dublin)   

1862  On October - 03 battle of Corinth, Miss   

1862  -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi on October - 03.   

1862  John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history 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  Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer (Lucie R, Suriname) on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history learmont Drysdale, composer   

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

1871  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Valschaard)   

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1573  Entonius Walaeus, Dutch calvinist theologist was born on October - 03.   

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

1631  Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer was born on October - 03.   

1647  Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 03.   

1720  Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) was born on this day in history.   

0695  Death of "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered on October - 03.   

1226  On this day in history death of saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)   

1283  Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies on October - 03.   

1369  Death of Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

1564  Death of Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned on October - 03.   

1568  On this day in history elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23   

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

1611  Death of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554) on October - 03.