- September 3, 0036 “BC – In the battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.”
- September 3, 0301 “San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.”
- September 3, 0590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- September 3, 1188 “Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard “”the Lionheart””) is crowned at Westminster.”
- September 3, 1260 “The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.”
- September 3, 1650 Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
- September 3, 1666 The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
- September 3, 1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
- September 3, 1777 “Cooch’s Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.”
- September 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
- September 3, 1798 Weeklong battle of St. George’s Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
- September 3, 1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st U.S. warship to circumnavigate globe
- September 3, 1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
- September 3, 1838 “Dressed in a sailor’s uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.”
- September 3, 1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
- September 3, 1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
- September 3, 1855 “Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.”
- September 3, 1861 “Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality”
- September 3, 1863 First Australian troops arrive in New Zealand
- September 3, 1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen’s Bureau to stop seizing land
- September 3, 1874 “The congress of the state of Mxico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “”Villa de Jurez””.”
- September 3, 1878 Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
- September 3, 1891 Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas
- September 3, 1891 “John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti”
- September 3, 1895 “Latrobe, PA is the site of the world’s first professional football game, played today between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)”
- September 3, 1899 “Nikola Tesla caused a series of earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska – but from lab down the Rockies in Colorado Springs, Colorado that day. – USA”
- September 3, 1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
- September 3, 1904 St Louis Olympics close
- September 3, 1912 “World’s 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy, they use lead toseaal the cans!!”
- September 3, 1914 “William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.”
- September 3, 1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I’s Battle of Verdun
- September 3, 1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
- September 3, 1925 “Dirigible “”Shenandoah”” crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die”
- September 3, 1930 “Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)”
- September 3, 1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title
- September 3, 1933 Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
- September 3, 1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
- September 3, 1935 “Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games”
- September 3, 1935 “Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph”
- September 3, 1939 “Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that, as a consequence of Britain’s declaration, Australia is also at war”