Events on 3 July 39
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Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
Year 1754
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Year 1767
Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
Year 1767
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
Year 1775
American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Year 1778
American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
Year 1819
The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3
Birthdays on 3 July 190
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Valentinian I
b. 321 – d. 375
Valentinian I, Roman emperor (d. 375)
Louis XI of France
b. 1423 – d. 1483
Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado
b. 1442 – d. 1500
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
Li Shizhen
b. 1518 – d. 1593
Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist (d. 1593)
Claude Fauchet (historian)
b. 1530 – d. 1601
Claude Fauchet, French historian and author (d. 1601)
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Myeongjong of Joseon
b. 1534 – d. 1567
Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea (d. 1567)
Jacobus Gallus
b. 1550 – d. 1591
Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
Thomas Richardson (judge)
b. 1569 – d. 1635
Thomas Richardson, English politician and judge (d. 1635)
Edward Young
b. 1683 – d. 1765
Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night Thoughts).(d. 1765)
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
b. 1685 – d. 1768
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (d. 1768)
Robert Adam
b. 1728 – d. 1792
Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792)
John Singleton Copley
b. 1738 – d. 1815
John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (b. 1738)
Deaths on 3 July 85
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Anatolius of Constantinople
d. 458 (b. 449)
Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (b. 449)
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang
d. 710 (b. 656)
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (b. 656)
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Dong Chang (warlord)
d. 896
Dong Chang, Chinese warlord
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Henry I (archbishop of Trier)
d. 964
Henry I, Frankish nobleman and archbishop
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Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
d. 1090
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. c. 1060)
Stephen de Fulbourn
d. 1288
Stephen de Fulbourn, English-born Irish cleric and politician
Pierre d'Aubusson
d. 1503 (b. 1423)
Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (b. 1423)
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Aonio Paleario
d. 1570 (b. 1500)
Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (b. 1500)
Marie de' Medici
d. 1642 (b. 1575)
Marie de' Medici, French queen consort and regent (b. 1573)
Francis Willughby
d. 1672 (b. 1635)
Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (b. 1635)
William Jones (mathematician)
d. 1749 (b. 1675)
William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675)
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
d. 1790 (b. 1736)
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)