Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Dec 3, 741 |
St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III |
Dec 3, 1347 |
Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics |
Dec 3, 1557 |
1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form |
Dec 3, 1586 |
Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia |
Dec 3, 1639 |
1st annulment by court decree passes |
Dec 3, 1676 |
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 |
Dec 3, 1678 |
Edmund Halley receives MA from The Queen's College, Oxford |
Dec 3, 1685 |
Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden |
Dec 3, 1694 |
English parliamentary election set for every 3 years |
Dec 3, 1699 |
Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague |
Dec 3, 1736 |
Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton's theory that the earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere |
Dec 3, 1775 |
1st official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS Alfred |
Dec 3, 1818 |
Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) |
Dec 3, 1828 |
Andrew Jackson elected 7th US President |
Dec 3, 1833 |
Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens |
Dec 3, 1834 |
1st US dental society organized (NY) |
Dec 3, 1835 |
1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) |
Dec 3, 1844 |
RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms |
Dec 3, 1847 |
Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" |
Dec 3, 1854 |
Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. |
Dec 3, 1863 |
longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN |
Dec 3, 1864 |
Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia |
Dec 3, 1866 |
Paid fire dept replaces volunteer companies |
Dec 3, 1868 |
1st blacks on US trial jury appointed for Jefferson Davis trial |
Dec 3, 1878 |
Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah, Israel |
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