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Jun 03 1540

Charles II Archduke of Austria born in Vienna Austria (d. 1590)

Jun 03 1610

Jacob Neefs Flemish engraverpublisher baptised

Jun 03 1660

Johannes Schenck Dutch born composer born in Amsterdam The Netherlands (Baptism date)

Jun 03 1723

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)

Jun 03 1746

James Hook English composer born in Norwich (d. 1827)

Jun 03 1761

Henry Shrapnel English Army officer and inventor (created the shrapnel shell) born in Wiltshire England (d. 1842)

Jun 03 1771

Sydney Smith Woodford Essex preacherreformerauthor

Jun 03 1771

Charles Bernard Desormes Dijon French Physicist and Chemist who determined the ratio of the specific heats of gases as well as the exact composition of carbon monoxide and carbon disulphide

Jun 03 1780

William Hone England authorbookseller (Every-Day Book)

Jun 03 1782

Charles Waterton eccentric naturalistpioneer

Jun 03 1801

Frantiek Jan kroup Czech composer (Kde domov mj - Czech national anthem) born in Osice Czech Republic (d. 1862)

Jun 03 1804

Richard Cobden Sussex founder (Anti-Corn-Law League)

Jun 03 1812

Pieter Mijer Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72)

Jun 03 1815

Martin Edward Green Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)

Jun 03 1819

Johann Barthold Jongkind Lattrop Neth DutFr painter (Winter Scenes)

Jun 03 1824

Charles Kinnaird Graham American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1889)

Jun 03 1831

Otho French Strahl Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)

Jun 03 1839

Paul Lindau German playwrightcritic (Der Herr im Hause)

Jun 03 1840

Eugeen van Oye Flemish writerpoet (Morning Twilight)

Jun 03 1844

Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron German poet

Jun 03 1844

Garret Augustus Hobart (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)

Jun 03 1853

William Matthew Flinders Petrie English Egyptologist (d. 1942)

Jun 03 1864

Ransom Eli Olds auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer

Jun 03 1866

George Howells Broadhurst English director (d. 1952)

Jun 03 1868

Aristides Agramonte y Simoni Camagey Cuba Cuban-American Physician Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever)

Jun 03 1869

Maria Radulphus inspector on Curacao (Radulphus College)

Jun 03 1873

Otto Loewi Frankfurt am Main Germany physician (Nobel-1936)

Jun 03 1887

Emil Axman Czech composer born in Rataje (d. 1949)

Jun 03 1888

Tom Brown American dixieland jazz trombonist born in New Orleans Louisiana (d. 1958)

Jun 03 1893

Asen Karastoyanov Bulgarian composer born in Samokov Bulgaria (d. 1976)

Jun 03 1895

Zoltan Korda Hungarian-British film director (Jungle Book 4 Feathers) born in Pusztatrpszt Austria-Hungary (d. 1961)

Jun 03 1895

Kavalam Madhava Panikkar India diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)

Jun 03 1897

Memphis Minnie blues musician born in Algiers Louisiana (d. 1973)

Jun 03 1098 After 5-month siege in First Crusade the Crusaders seize Antioch (now in modernTurkey)

Jun 03 1140 French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy

Jun 03 1326 Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark

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