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Events on 3 January 47

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Year 1521

Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

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Year 1653

By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.

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Year 1749

Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

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Year 1749

The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.

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Year 1777

American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.

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Year 1815

Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.

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Year 1823

Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.

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Year 1848

Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.

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Year 1861

American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.

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Year 1868

Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Revolution Day

🇷🇺 Russia · New Year Holidays

Birthdays on 3 January 203

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Lü Bu

b. 169 – d. 199

Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord (d. 199)

Emperor Tsuchimikado

b. 1196 – d. 1231

Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)

Gian Girolamo Albani

b. 1509 – d. 1591

Gian Girolamo Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1591)

James Harrington (author)

b. 1611 – d. 1677

James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)

Pietro Metastasio

b. 1698 – d. 1782

Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1782)

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Richard Gridley

b. 1710 – d. 1796

Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (b. 1710)

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Fredrik Hasselqvist

b. 1722 – d. 1752

Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (d. 1752)

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

b. 1760 – d. 1799

Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler (d. 1799)

Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont

b. 1775 – d. 1863

Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1863)

Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski

b. 1778 – d. 1861

Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)

Lucretia Mott

b. 1793 – d. 1880

Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)

Charles Pelham Villiers

b. 1802 – d. 1898

Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)

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Deaths on 3 January 115

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Pope Anterus

d. 236

Pope Anterus

Emperor Yuan of Jin

d. 323 (b. 276)

Emperor Yuan of Jin (b. 276)

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Pope Benjamin I of Alexandria

d. 661

Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria

Walkelin

d. 1098

Walkelin, French bishop

Philip V of France

d. 1322 (b. 1292)

Philip V of France (b. 1292)

Catherine of Valois

d. 1437 (b. 1401)

Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (b. 1401)

Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen

d. 1489 (b. 1435)

Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1435)

Beatrice d'Este

d. 1497 (b. 1475)

Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (b. 1475)

Ali-Shir Nava'i

d. 1501 (b. 1441)

Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkish poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

d. 1543 (b. 1499)

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499)

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

d. 1571 (b. 1505)

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)

Jeremiah Horrocks

d. 1641 (b. 1618)

Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)

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