SomeFacts | July 3

On this day - July 3

324 — Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees ...

987 — Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian ...

1035 — William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning ...

1535 — Diego de Almagro leaves the recently conquered Inca capital of ...

1608 — Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.

1754 — French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort ...

1767 — Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, ...

1767 — Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on ...

1775 — American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of ...

1778 — American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, ...

1814 — War of 1812: American forces capture Fort Erie from British ...

1819 — The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first ...

1839 — The first state normal school in the United States, the ...

1848 — Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining ...

1849 — France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal ...

1852 — Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San ...

1863 — American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg ...

1866 — Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, ...

1884 — Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.

1886 — The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a ...

1886 — Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the ...

1890 — Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.

1898 — A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is ...

1913 — Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact ...

1938 — United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the ...

1938 — World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, ...

1940 — World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron ...

1944 — World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from ...

1952 — The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to ...

1952 — The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United ...

1967 — The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the ...

1970 — Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in ...

1970 — The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, ...

1973 — David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the ...

1979 — U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for ...

1988 — The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is ...

1988 — United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air ...

1996 — British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone ...

2006 — The Valencia Metro derailment kills 41 people.

2013 — President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the ...