On This Day in History for March 3
Events in History
- 473 Glycerius appointed a puppet Emperor of the Western Empire by Burgundian king and patrician Gundobad (deposed 474)
- 493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
- 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England
- 1409 Austrian civil war ends
- 1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
- 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi
- More Events in History
Georg Cantor
Alexander Graham Bell
Norman Bethune
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusWeddings in History
Divorces in History
- 1995 Camilla Parker Bowles (46) and her husband retired Army Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles(55) divorce, after 21 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Robert Hooke
Hergé
Albert Sabin
René PrévalMarch in History
Emancipation of the Serfs
Peasants Reading the Emancipation Manifesto, an 1873 painting by Grigory Myasoyedov
March 3, 1861
Woman Suffrage Procession
Inez Milholland at the head of the Woman Suffrage Procession through Washington, DC
March 3, 1913
Louvre Pyramid
I. M. Pei's masterpiece at night in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre)
March 4, 1988
John Wilkes Booth at Lincoln's Inauguration
A photo of Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865, highlighting the location of his eventual assassin John Wilkes Booth as Lincoln makes his speech
March 4, 1865