SQLite - SELECT DISTINCT of one column and get the others

This has been touched on before on this website. I want distinct on group but I also want to get the other fields too. what I need is the lowest id of each group, but instead I get the highest. I've tried variod SQL queries and the nearest 2 that work are

1) sql = "select * from reminder group by Eventgroup order by autoid"

2) sql = "SELECT distinct Autoid,EventDate,Subject,birthdate,Eventgroup from reminder group by Eventgroup order by autoid"

EventDate    Subject          birthdate       Eventgroup    autoid

09/10/2017   Joes Birthday     09/10/1995      4            9
13/07/2017   Bill Birthday     13/07/1999      2            8
04/04/2017   Tony Birthday     04/04/1993      3            7
09/10/2016   Joes Birthday     09/10/1995      4            6
13/07/2016   Bill Birthday     13/07/1999      2            5
04/04/2016   Tony Birthday     04/04/1993      3            4
09/10/2015   Joes Birthday     09/10/1995      4            3
13/07/2015   Bill Birthday     13/07/1999      2            2
04/04/2015   Tony Birthday     04/04/1993      3            1


both of these queries return

09/10/2017   Joes Birthday     09/10/1995      4            9
13/07/2017   Bill Birthday     13/07/1999      2            8
04/04/2017   Tony Birthday     04/04/1993      3            7

what I want is the earlies dates such as

09/10/2015   Joes Birthday     09/10/1995      4            3
13/07/2015   Bill Birthday     13/07/1999      2            2
04/04/2015   Tony Birthday     04/04/1993      3            1