373 Historic Events for August 3
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| 1833 |
Death |
Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies
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| 1835 |
Death |
Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67
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| 1847 |
Birth |
Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
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| 1850 |
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Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
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| 1851 |
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Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
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| 1852 |
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1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths
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| 1854 |
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Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
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| 1855 |
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Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
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| 1860 |
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American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
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| 1861 |
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Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas
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| 1863 |
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Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
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| 1863 |
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Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Mobile AL
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)
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| 1873 |
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Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39)
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| 1874 |
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EugŠne Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)
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| 1877 |
Death |
Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Constantino Gaito, composer
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| 1881 |
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Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous
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| 1881 |
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US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Charles O'Neill, composer
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
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| 1882 |
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Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
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