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The following events took place on August 3. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 44 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 8

  Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
• 435

  Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
• 881

  Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
• 1031

  Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
• 1342

  The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
• 1492

  Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
• 1527

  The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
• 1601

  Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
• 1645

  Thirty Years’ War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1678

  Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
• 1778

  The theatre La Scala is inaugurated.
• 1795

  Treaty of Greenville is signed.
• 1811

  First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
• 1852

  Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
• 1860

  The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
• 1900

  The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
• 1903

  Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• 1907

  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• 1913

  A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
• 1914

  World War I: Germany declares war against France.
• 1921

  Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• 1929

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic “World Teacher”, shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
• 1936

  Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• 1936

  A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• 1940

  World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• 1946

  Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• 1948

  Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• 1958

  The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
• 1959

  Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• 1960

  Niger gains independence from France.

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