August 3, 1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina August 3, 1835 Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 August 3, 1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist August 3, 1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro August 3, 1833 Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies August 3, 1832 Ivan Zajc, composer August 3, 1825 Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 August 3, 1824 William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) August 3, 1823 Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 August 3, 1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 August 3, 1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer August 3, 1820 William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 August 3, 1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) August 3, 1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) August 3, 1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 August 3, 1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) August 3, 1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 August 3, 1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies August 3, 1801 Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) August 3, 1800 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63