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Dec 03 1368

Charles VI [the Well-Beloved] king of France (1380-1422)

Dec 03 1483

Nicolaus von Amsdorf German reformation theologist

Dec 03 1596

Nicolo Amati Italian violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri) born in Cremona Italy (d. 1684)

Dec 03 1684

Ludvig Baron Holberg founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)

Dec 03 1729

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain composer (Fandango)

Dec 03 1753

Samuel Crompton English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)

Dec 03 1755

Gilbert Stuart American portrait painter (painted Washington)

Dec 03 1764

Mary Lamb British author (Tales from Shakespeare) born in London England (d. 1847)

Dec 03 1776

Johann Spurzheim German neuroscientist (d. 1832)

Dec 03 1795

Rowland Hill introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)

Dec 03 1797

Francis P Kenrick IrishUS archbishop of Baltimore

Dec 03 1800

France Preseren Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)

Dec 03 1806

Henry Alexander Wise Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1876)

Dec 03 1809

Thomas Alfred Davies American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Black Lake New York (d. 1899)

Dec 03 1822

Charles Adam Heckman American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Easton Pennsylvania (d. 1896)

Dec 03 1826

Edmond van der Straeten Belgian lawyermusicologist

Dec 03 1829

Green Berry Raum American lawyer politician author and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Golconda Illinois (d. 1909)

Dec 03 1838

Cleveland Abbe American meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)

Dec 03 1838

Octavia Hill British reformer leader of open-space movement born in London England (d. 1912)

Dec 03 1842

Ellen Henrietta Richards American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres)

Dec 03 1842

Charles Alfred Pillsbury American industrialist (d. 1899)

Dec 03 1862

Jules Renkin Belgian juristministerpremier (1931-32)

Dec 03 1864

Herman Heijermans Jr Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde Diamond City)

Dec 03 1875

Bernhard Lichtenberg German clergymanantifascist

Dec 03 1875

Max Meldrum Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)

Dec 03 1880

Fedor von Bock German field marshal (d. 1945)

Dec 03 1883

Tibby Cotter Australian cricketer and fast bowler (49 wickets for Australia) and member of the 12th Regiment who captured Beersheba in the worlds last successful cavalry charge born in Sydney New South Wales (d. 1917)

Dec 03 1883

Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern Austrian 12-tone composer born in Vienna Austria

Dec 03 1884

Rajendra Prasad Indian leader First President of India (1950-62) born in Zeradai British India (d. 1963)

Dec 03 1884

Walther Stampfli member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1965)

Dec 03 1887

Naruhiko Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990)

Dec 03 1895

Anna Freud AustrianEnglish psychoanalytistdaughter of Sigmund F

Dec 03 1896

John Urzidil AustriaUS writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)

Dec 03 1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Cola di Rienzo as heretics

Dec 03 1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia

Dec 03 1676 Battle of Lund (Scanian War) Swedish army of 8000 defeats much larger joint DanishDutch force of 13000

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