On February 3, history records 44 notable events, 149 famous births and 84 deaths, spanning the years 1112 to 1787.
Events on this day include: Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Douce I, Countess of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. (1112); More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath". (1377).
Notable people born on February 3 include Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1392), Helena Palaiologina (1428).
Notable figures who died on this day include Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II (639), K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I (639), Werburgh (699).
Events on 3 February 44
See all →Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Douce I, Countess of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath".
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
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Birthdays on 3 February 149
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Deaths on 3 February 84
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