On This Day in History for February 3
Events in History
- 1377 Mass execution of population (between 2,500 and 5,000) of Cesena, Italy, by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto under the command of Robert, Cardinal of Geneva, acting as the legate of Pope Gregory XI
- 1451 Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire
- 1488 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
- 1509 The Battle of Diu, naval battle at port of Diu, India between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire, establishes Portuguese trading control
- 1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
- 1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
- 1634 Most elaborate masque of the Carolinian age - "The Triumph of Peace" held at Whitehall Palace, London, in front of King Charles I, written by James Shirley with sets by Inigo Jones
- 1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
- More Events in History
Ferdinand Magellan
Joseph E. Johnston
Elizabeth Blackwell
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Pretty Boy Floyd
Elizabeth HolmesWeddings in History
- 1112 Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
- 1547 Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)
- 1910 Author James Weldon Johnson (38) weds civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson (24) at her family's home
More Weddings in History
Johannes Gutenberg
Theodore Dwight Weld
Woodrow WilsonFebruary in History
The Hidden Depths of Mark Twain
Forced to find a new job when the American Civil War struck the Mississippi river, Samuel Longhorne Clemens turned to writing and Mark Twain was born.
February 2, 1863
Funeral of Queen Victoria
The funeral cortege of Queen Victoria outside St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on February 2, 1901
February 2, 1901
America’s First Woman Doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree and the first woman on the British medical register, was born on this day.
February 3, 1821
Hawke's Bay Earthquake
The Hastings post office damaged after the 1931 earthquake
February 3, 1931