Events on Dec 3

• 0741St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
• 1347Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
• 15571st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
• 1586Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
• 1621Galileo invents telescope
• 16391st annulment by court decree passes
• 1676Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
• 1685Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
• 1694English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
• 1699Baron Jacob Hop appointed Treasurer General of the Hague
• 17751st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
• 1818Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
• 1828Andrew Jackson elected 7th President of US
• 1833Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
• 18341st US dental society organized (NY)
• 18351st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
• 1844RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
• 1847Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
• 1863Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, Tennessee
• 1866Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies
• 1868Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
• 1878Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
• 1881Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville / Kinshasa
• 188348th Congress (1883-85) convenes
• 1893Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia
• 1901Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns
• 1903Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh
• 1907George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town, " premieres in New York City
• 1910Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
• 1912Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer

Born on Dec 3

• 1483Nicolaus von Amsdorf: German reformation theologist
• 1576Marsilio Casentini: Composer
• 1668Casimir Schweizelsperg: Composer
• 1684Ludvig Baron Holberg: Founder (Danish and Norwegian literature)
• 1729Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler: Olot, Spain -- Composer (Fandango)
• 1750Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel: Composer
• 1752Georg-Friederich Fuchs: Composer
• 1753Samuel Crompton: English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
• 1755Gilbert Stuart: United States -- Portrait painter (painted Washington)
• 1758Josef Gelinek: Composer
• 1795Rowland Hill: Introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
• 1797Francis P Kenrick: Irish / US Archbishop of Baltimore
• 1800France Preseren: Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
• 1806Henry Alexander Wise: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
• 1809Thomas Alfred Davies: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
• 1822Charles Adam Heckman: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
• 1826Edmond van der Straeten: Belgian lawyer / musicologist
• 1826George Brinton McClellan: Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
• 1829Green Berry Raum: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
• 1838Cleveland Abbe: United States -- Meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
• 1838Octavia Hill: British reformer, leader of open-space movement
• 1842Ellen Henrietta Richards: United States -- Chemist (American Home Economics Association - 1st President)
• 1857Joseph Conrad: Poland -- Novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
• 1862Jules Renkin: Belgian jurist / Minister / Premier (1931-32)
• 1864Herman Heijermans, Jr.: Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
• 1875Bernhard Lichtenberg: German clergyman / antifascist
• 1883Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von Webern: Vienna, Austria -- 12-tone composer
• 1885Marchien Zwitsers: Farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
• 1888Ion Nonna Otescu: Composer
• 1895Anna Freud: Austrian / English psychoanalytist / Daughter of Sigmund F

Died on Dec 3

• 0450Petrus Chrysologus: 1st Archbishop of Ravenna
• 1137Lotharius III: Of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger Emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
• 1154Anastasius IV: Pope (1153-54)
• 1463Louis Chalon: Prince of Orange
• 1491Thomas Basin: French Historian / Bishop of Lisieux
• 1533Vasili III: Great Prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
• 1660Jacques Sarazin: French Sculptor / painter, dies at about 70
• 1676Daniel Stalpaert: Amsterdams master builder, buried
• 1789Claude-Joseph Vernet: French seascape painter
• 1807Clara Reeve: English Author (old English baron)
• 1823Joseph Pouteau: Composer, dies at 84
• 1839Frederik VI: King of Denmark (1808-39) / Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
• 1857Christian D Rauch: German sculptor, dies at 80
• 1866Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: Composer, dies at 65
• 1876Hermann Goetz: Composer, dies at 35
• 1889Baltasar Saldoni: Composer, dies at 82
• 1892William Bonaparte: Grandson of Lucien
• 1893Allan Wilson: British / Rhodesian major, dies in battle
• 1894HM Jozef Schadde: Flem Architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76
• 1894Robert Louis Stevenson: Engl writer (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 45
• 1910Mary Baker Eddy: Founder (Christian Science (Monitor))
• 1919Pierre A Renoir: French Painter / sculptor, dies at 78
• 1933Richard Henry Warren: Composer, dies at 74
• 1937Prosper Poullet: Belgian mayor
• 1941Johann Christian August Sinding: Composer, dies at 85
• 1942Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Composer, dies at 75
• 1944Delfien Vanhaute: Flemish pastor / Poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
• 1949Elin Pelin: Writer
• 1949Maria Ouspenskaya: Actress (Spookies), dies at 62
• 1954Enrique Soro Barriga: Composer, dies at 70

Historical events on December 4

• 1110Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
• 1197Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
• 1259Treaty of Paris: English King Henry III and French King Louis IX
• 1489Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
• 1534Turkish Sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
• 1563Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
• 1655Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
• 1674Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
• 1680Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
• 16821st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
• 1688General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
• 1691Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
• 1691Spanish King Carlos II names Maximilian II Viceroy of S Netherlands
• 1745Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
• 1798Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
• 1812Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
• 1816James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
• 1832French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
• 1833American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia
• 1836Whig party holds its 1st national convention - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• 1843Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts
• 1844James K Polk elected 11th President of US
• 1863Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
• 1864Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) Georgia
• 1864Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
• 1867Grange organized to protect farm interests
• 1875William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
• 1890Willem III, Dutch King, buried
• 189956th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
• 1899Webb Hayes Son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor

Born on December 4

• 1443Pope Julius II: (1503-13), Patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
• 1584John Cotton: Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
• 1660Andre Campra: Composer
• 1667Michel Pignolet de Monteclair: Composer
• 1708Marianus Konigsperger: Composer
• 1720Jean-Jacques Robson: Composer
• 1791Johann Gottlob Topfer: Composer
• 1795Thomas Carlyle: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Essayist / historian (French Revolution)
• 1800Emil Aarestrup: Danish Physician / poet (Ritornellen)
• 1803Augustus Zerega diZerega: Martinique -- Ship owner (Red Z Lane)
• 1808Ernest Panckoucke: French publisher (Horatius)
• 1812Elias Smith Dennis: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1818William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring: Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1822Frances Crabbe: England, United Kingdom -- Feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
• 1825Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek: Composer
• 1835Samuel Butler: England, United Kingdom -- Author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
• 1838Melesio Morales: Composer
• 1861Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard]: United States -- Singer / actress (Great Mogul)
• 1865Edith Louisa Cavell: England, United Kingdom -- Nurse (WWI)
• 1866Vassily V Kandinsky: Russian / German / French abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
• 1868Richard N Roland Holst: Dutch artist / painter
• 1874Jean H L Bossard: Actor / impresario (Merchant of Venice)
• 1875R M Rilke: Writer
• 1875Rainer Maria Rilke: Austria -- Poet (Duino Elegies)
• 1876Dimitur Poljanov [Popov]: Bulgaria -- Poet (Iron Poems)
• 1879Herbert Hamilton Harty: Composer
• 1881Erwin von Witzleben: German Field Marshal (July 20th plot)
• 1888Aleksandar I Karadordjevic: King of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
• 1889Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart]: US actor (War Horse)
• 1889Isabel Randolph: Illinois, United States -- Actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)

Died on December 4

• 0771Karloman II: French King of Burgundy, dies at about 20
• 0811Charles: Eldest Son of Emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
• 1137Lotharius III of Supplinburg: Emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
• 1182Henry: Earl of Gelre / Zutphen (1141 / 79-82)
• 1371Reinald III [the Fat Duke]: Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
• 1371Stefanus X Uros V: King of Serbia (1355-71)
• 1576Rheticus: Mathematician
• 1603Maarten de Vos: Flemish painter, dies at about 71
• 1649Outgert Arisz Akersloot: Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
• 1676Johann Georg Ebeling: Composer, dies at 39
• 1798Luigi Galvani: Italian anatomy / physicist, dies at 61
• 1807Prince Hall: Activist / Masonic leader, dies in Boston
• 1836Daniel Read: Composer, dies at 79
• 1884Alice Mary Smith: Composer, dies at 45
• 1909Paul-Albert Besnard: French Painter / graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
• 1915Gustav Hollaender: Composer, dies at 60
• 1932Gustav Meyrink: Writer, dies at 64
• 1933Stefan George: German Poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
• 1935Johan Halvorsen: Composer, dies at 71
• 1938Dina Appeldoorn: Dutch pianist / composer, dies at 54
• 1943Carlo Mierendorff: German politician / antifascist, dies at 46
• 1948Karl Bonhoeffer: German psychiatrist / neurologist
• 1952Karen Horney: German / US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
• 1953Daniel Gregory Mason: Composer, dies at 80
• 1954Nina Vasar: Wife of Russian Composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj
• 1959Rosetta Duncan: (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
• 1967Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim]: US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
• 1969Alceo Toni: Composer, dies at 85
• 1969Fred Hampton: US Black-Panther leader, murdered
• 1971Shunryu Suzuki: Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center

Events on Dec 5

• 1349500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
• 1448Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev / Intoxication
• 1456Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
• 1496Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
• 1757Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
• 17761st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
• 1792George Washington re-elected US President
• 1798Government troops occupy Hasselt
• 1804Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President / George Clinton vice-pres
• 1831Former President John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
• 1832Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US
• 1837Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
• 1846C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
• 1854Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
• 1861Gatling gun patented
• 1862Battle of Coffeeville, Mississippi
• 18681st American bicycle college opens (NY)
• 1876Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
• 1876Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
• 18791st automatic telephone switching system patented
• 188147th Congress (1881-83) convenes
• 18931st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
• 1905Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes Prime Minister of England
• 19081st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
• 19146th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2
• 1918Oil refinery on Curacao opens
• 1920Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
• 1924Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Toronto Maple Leafs 10-5
• 192513th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
• 1928England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane

Born on Dec 5

• 1545Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does]: Dutch politician / poet
• 1547Ubbo Emmius [van Embden]: Dutch-Frisian humanist / historian
• 1661Robert Haley: Earl of Oxford / English Premier (Whig, 1710-14)
• 1666Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti: Composer
• 1687Francesco Xaverio Geminiani: Composer
• 1697Carlo Arrigoni: Composer
• 1697Giuseppe de Majo: Composer
• 1724Joseph Friebert: Composer
• 1782Martin Van Buren: Kinderhook, New York -- (D) 8th President (1837-41)
• 1786Henry Drummond: English banker / apostole
• 1824Titian James Coffey: Attorney General (Union), died in 1867
• 1826John Benjamin Sanborn: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
• 1830Christina Rossetti: London, England -- Poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
• 1839George Armstrong Custer: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
• 1844John Frederick Bridge: Composer
• 1852Thomas Linnemann Laub: Composer
• 1861Armando V Diaz: Italian marshal / Minister of War (1922-24)
• 1872Harry N Pillsbury: US chess player
• 1878Arrigo Pedrollo: Composer
• 1880Alexander Schmuller: Russian / Netherlands violinist / conductor
• 1884Evert Cornelis: Dutch conductor / pianist
• 1885Dirk H W Filarski: Dutch painter / lithographer (Bergense School)
• 1886Pieter J Old: Lawyer / Minister of Finance / Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
• 1888Askell Snorrason: Composer
• 1890Fritz Lang: Germany -- Director (M, Metropolis)
• 1892Cyril Ring: Massachusetts, United States -- Actor (Body & Soul)
• 1896Juliette Baillot [Lady Huxley]: Author
• 1896Willem F M Lampe: Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
• 1899Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller]: Blues player
• 1901Grace Moore: United States -- Soprano (One Night to Live)

Died on Dec 5

• 1212Derek II of Are: Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212)
• 1244Johanna of Constantinople: Countess of Flanders (1205-44)
• 1355Jan III: Duke of Brabant / Limburg
• 1560Francois II: King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
• 1594Gerardus Mercator: Flemish philosopher / cartographer, dies at 82
• 1663Severo Bonini: Composer, dies at 80
• 1675John Lightfoot: English Theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
• 1745Christoph Forster: Composer, dies at 52
• 1758Johann Friedrich Fasch: Composer, dies at 70
• 1784Phillis Wheatley: 1st important black Poet in America, dies in Boston
• 1791Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Composer, dies at 35 in Vienna, Austria
• 1799Robert Kimmerling: Composer, dies at 61
• 1818Bruno Daalberg / Anonymus Belga: Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at 60
• 1835August v Platen: Writer, dies at 39
• 1842MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers, dies at 82
• 1853Johann Peter Heuschkel: Composer, dies at 80
• 1859Louis Poinsot: French Mathematician / instrument maker, dies at 82
• 1886Peter Hofstede de Groot: Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
• 1891JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara: Emp of Brazil (1831-89)
• 1902Henry Stephen Cutler: Composer, dies at 78
• 1916Hans Richter: Composer, dies at 73
• 1922Samuel Muller Fzn: Dutch Historian / archivist
• 1925Wilhelmina E Drucker [Lensing]: Dutch feminist, dies at 78
• 1928Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Sr.: Actor / husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
• 1935Frans [MJ Francois] Erens: Literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
• 1938Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn: Pianist / composer, dies at 54
• 1940Jan Kubelik: Composer, dies at 60
• 1955Paul Harvey: Actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
• 1958Ferdinand Bruckner: Writer, dies at 67
• 1963Herbert H Lehman: (Gov-D-NY)