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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 03 1509

    tienne Dolet French scholar and printer born in Orlans France (d. 1546)

    Aug 03 1645

    August Kuhnel German composer and musician born in Delmenhorst Germany (d. ca 1700)

    Aug 03 1692

    John Henley English clergyman born in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire England (d. 1759)

    Aug 03 1748

    Carl Ludwig Junker German composer born in Kirchberg an der Jagst Germany (d. 1797)

    Aug 03 1753

    Charles Stanhope 3rd earl Stanhope English radical politician and scientist born in London (d. 1816)

    Aug 03 1770

    Frederik Willem III King of Prussia (1797-1840) born in Potsdam Prussia (d. 1840)

    Aug 03 1803

    Joseph Paxton English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) born in Milton Bryan Bedfordshire (d. 1865)

    Aug 03 1808

    Hamilton Fish American politician (Governor of New York) born in NYC New York (d. 1893)

    Aug 03 1816

    John E. Smith American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Berne Switzerland (d. 1897)

    Aug 03 1817

    Archduke Albrecht of Austria Duke of Teschen (Battle at Custozza) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1895)

    Aug 03 1818

    Joseph Schadde Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) born in Antwerp (d. 1894)

    Aug 03 1820

    Luther Orlando Emerson American composer born in Parsonsfield Maine (d. 1915)

    Aug 03 1820

    William Miller American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Ithaca New York (d. 1909)

    Aug 03 1823

    Thomas Francis Meagre Irish nationalist and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Waterford Ireland (d. 1867)

    Aug 03 1824

    William Burnham Woods American politician judge and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newark Ohio (d. 1887)

    Aug 03 1832

    Ivan Zajc Czech composer and conductor born in Rijeka Croatia (d. 1914)

    Aug 03 1833

    Auguste Schmidt German teacher and feminist born in Breslau Germany (d. 1902)

    Aug 03 1847

    Jan de Louter Dutch lawyer and tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina born in Amersfoort Netherlands (d. 1932)

    Aug 03 1850

    Paulus Adrianus Daum Dutch writer founder and editor (Batavian Newspaper) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1898)

    Aug 03 1850

    Reginald Heber Roe 1st Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland and 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School born in Blandford Dorset England (d. 1926)

    Aug 03 1851

    Isabella Caroline Somerset British philanthropist temperance leader and campaigner for womens rights born in London (d. 1921)

    Aug 03 1854

    Fernand de La Tombelle French organist and composer born in Paris (d. 1928)

    Aug 03 1855

    Joe Hunter Australian cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour) born in Scarborough Yorkshire England (d. 1891)

    Aug 03 1856

    Alfred Deakin 2nd Prime Minister of Australia born in Fitzroy Victoria Australia (d. 1919)

    Aug 03 1860

    William Kennedy Dickson Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera) born in Le Minihic-sur-Rance Brittany France (d. 1935)

    Aug 03 1871

    Vernon Louis Parrington American author (Romantic Revolution Pulitzer 1928) born in Aurora Illinois (d. 1929)

    Aug 03 1872

    Haakon VII King of Norway (1905-57) born in Charlottenlund Palace Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1957)

    Aug 03 1873

    Albert Marie Leon Adolphe de Bassompierre Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) (d. 1956)

    Aug 03 1874

    Eugne Baie Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) born in Anderlecht Belgium (d. 1963)

    Aug 03 1878

    Constantino Gaito Argentinian composer born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1945)

    Aug 03 1882

    Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade composer born in Cotacachi Ecuador (d. 1972)

    Aug 03 1884

    Louis Gruenberg Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz) born in Brest-Litovsk Russia (now Belarus) (d. 1964)

    Aug 03 1885

    Siegfried Salomon Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1962)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 03 1108 Louis VI the Fat One King of France crowned

    Aug 03 1527 First known letter sent from North America by John Rut while at St. Johns Newfoundland

    Aug 03 1650 Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army

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